Smoking - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of 5 smoking cessation pharmacotherapies.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Little direct evidence exists on the relative efficacies of different smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, yet such evidence is needed to make informed decisions about their clinical use. OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative efficacies of 5 ... Read more...

Smoking prevention and primary physician's and patient's characteristics.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe relationships between primary physician and patient characteristics and the approach to prevention and quitting of smoking. METHODS: A questionnaire composed of descriptions of cases and clinic activities was given to primary ... Read more...

Smokefree cars in New Zealand: rapid research among stakeholders on attitudes and future directions.

23 Sep 2009 AIM: To conduct a rapid appraisal of the attitudes of New Zealand decision makers and tobacco control stakeholders on enacting a smokefree cars law. METHODS: A media and document search was made for relevant official and other statements. In early ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Smoking - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of 5 smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. 30 Oct 2009
• Smoking prevention and primary physician's and patient's characteristics. 30 Oct 2009
• MPs vote to ban tobacco displays and cigarette vending machines. 12 Oct 2009
• Simon Chapman. Interview by Stephen Pincock. 8 Oct 2009
• FDA regulation of tobacco: politics, law, and the public's health. 5 Oct 2009
• Smoking cessation: how to advise the patient. 29 Sep 2009
• Curbing teen tobacco use. 29 Sep 2009
• Tobacco smoking: why start? 24 Sep 2009
• Smokefree cars in New Zealand: rapid research among stakeholders on attitudes and future directions. 23 Sep 2009
• Unequal risks, unmet needs: the tobacco burden for Pacific peoples in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009
• Australia considers string of preventive health measures. 17 Sep 2009
• The benefits of risk factor prevention in Americans aged 51 years and older. 15 Sep 2009
• [Water-pipe smoking--a survey of a Cochrane review] 12 Sep 2009
• Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? 5 Sep 2009
• Achievement of secondary preventive goals after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between participants and nonparticipants in a routine patient education program in Sweden. 30 Aug 2009
• Development of an instrument to document the 5A's for smoking cessation. 30 Aug 2009
• What works to prevent adolescent smoking? A systematic review of the National Cancer Institute's Research-Tested Intervention Programs. 30 Aug 2009
• Tobacco under the FDA: a summary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 30 Aug 2009
• What's new in Nicotine & Tobacco Research? 30 Aug 2009
• Are obstetricians following best-practice guidelines for addressing pregnancy smoking? Results from northeast Tennessee. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Smoking'

Definition: Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or something similar to tobacco.

Descriptor UI: D012907

Alternative terms: Smoking; Tobacco Smoking; Cigarette Smoking; Smoking, Cigarette; Smoking, Tobacco;

Related Mesh Headings: Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Tobacco Use Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.466.753;

Technical Notes: almost exclusively tobacco smoking: not for smoking marijuana ( = MARIJUANA SMOKING); smokers' patches, smokers' tongue = LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; cancer caused by smoking = organ/neopl term with /etiol (not /chem ind) + SMOKING /adv eff (not TOBACCO USE DISORDER); passive smoking = TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; SMOKING CESSATION is also available