Smoking and smoking cessation: a major role for the respiratory physician

Smoking and smoking cessation: a major role for the respiratory physician.

Smoking is now universally recognized as the leading cause of two of the most frequent respiratory diseases, bronchial carcinoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite this evidence, the problems associated with nicotine addiction and smoking cessation occupy a relatively small space in The Journal and at our Annual Congress, which suggests that respiratory physicians are not...

Chapter 9. Role of the Physician in Smoking Cessation

The safety and efficacy of Electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation

Introduction: Although electronic cigarettes are increasing in popularity all over the world, their safety and efficacy for smoking cessation have remained unclear and discussed in scientific literature. The aim of present study was to review the available evidence about the use, content, safety of ECs and their potential effects on users' health, and the extraction of resources to guide and as...

Physician-based Smoking Cessation Counseling in Serbia

This study examined physician attitudes and practices pertaining to patient counseling about smoking in Belgrade, Serbia. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 86 physicians at multiple health care facilities. Approximately 74% of physicians agreed that they should routinely ask patients about their smoking habits and 79% agreed that physicians should routinely advise their smok...

Effects of Smoking and Smoking Cessation and Smoking Cessation Intervention

The threeto four-decade lag between peak in smoking prevalence and subsequent peak in smoking-related mortality was a major factor affecting public awareness of the substantial health hazards of tobacco use in developed countries (Lopez et al., 1994). This factor may be applicable to periodontal disease if this disease is chronically affected by smoking epidemic. We searched the literature elec...