Smoking Cessation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation - United States, 2008.

11 Nov 2009 Cigarette smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Full implementation of population-based strategies and clinical interventions can educate adult smokers about the dangers of tobacco use ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Smoking Cessation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation - United States, 2008. 11 Nov 2009
• 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
• Smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, black maternal smokers. 30 Oct 2009
• Concerns about a meta-analysis of computer smoking cessation programs. 24 Oct 2009
• Nondaily and social smoking: an increasingly prevalent pattern. 24 Oct 2009
• [Walk-in spirometry pilot project for discovering of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Design and implementation of an effective telephone counseling intervention for adolescent smoking cessation. 10 Oct 2009
• Group-randomized trial of a proactive, personalized telephone counseling intervention for adolescent smoking cessation. 10 Oct 2009
• Helping adolescent smokers quit: can telephone quitlines lead the way? 10 Oct 2009
• Telephone recruitment into a randomized controlled trial of quitline support. 29 Sep 2009
• Varenicline and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study based on data from the General Practice Research Database. 29 Sep 2009
• Smoking cessation: how to advise the patient. 29 Sep 2009
• Curbing teen tobacco use. 29 Sep 2009
• Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients with stable coronary disease: a pre-specified subset analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) trial. 27 Sep 2009
• [Tobacco consumption among men and women 1927-2007] 22 Sep 2009
• Development of a pharmacist-managed, telephone-based tobacco-cessation clinic for veterans. 13 Sep 2009
• Using time-dependent covariate analysis to elucidate the relation of smoking history to Warthin's tumor risk. 13 Sep 2009
• [Water-pipe smoking--a survey of a Cochrane review] 12 Sep 2009
• [Sleep-related breathing disorders] 8 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Smoking Cessation'

Definition: Discontinuation of the habit of smoking, the inhaling and exhaling of tobacco smoke.

Descriptor UI: D016540

Alternative terms: Smoking Cessation; Cessation, Smoking; Cessations, Smoking; Smoking Cessations;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F01.145.940.700;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: TOBACCO USE CESSATION is also available