BACKGROUND Our aim was to study the smoking cessation-related 1) attitudes & experiences and 2) consultation practices of Finnish physicians and to determine if there is a relationship between the two. METHODS An online survey on smoking cessation was sent to 39 % of all Finnish physicians, with emphasis on physicians working in fields relevant to smoking cessation. A total of 1141 physicians...

INTRODUCTION Despite abundant information on the negative impacts of smoking, more than 40 million adult Americans continue to smoke. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires tobacco cessation as a preventive service with no patient cost share for all FDA-approved cessation medications. Health plans have a vital role in supporting smoking cessation by managing medication access, but uncertainty r...

Tobacco use is the greatest threat to public health worldwide, killing more than seven million people annually. This paper, about 10 years after first review on electronic cigarettes, analyses evolution that this tool has had in these years. It concludes with comments significance of research and why it constitutes an original contribution. We searched PubMed (National Library Medicine), PsycIN...

INTRODUCTION In Asian countries, reluctance to seek pharmacological intervention is a major barrier for smoking cessation. Culturally appropriate decision aids are expected to help people in the decision making for the use of smoking cessation medication. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a culturally tailored decision aid for smoking cessation and evaluate its effect on the use ...

AIMS Despite the existence of effective cessation methods, the vast majority of smokers attempt to quit on their own. To date, there is little evidence to explain the low adoption rates for effective forms of cessation assistance, including pharmaceutical aids. This study sought to assess smokers' awareness and perceived effectiveness of cessation methods and to examine the relationship of this...

OBJECTIVE To assess state coverage and utilization of Medicaid smoking cessation medication benefits among fee-for-service enrollees who smoked cigarettes. METHODS We used the linked National Health Interview Survey (survey years 1995, 1997-2005) and the Medicaid Analytic eXtract files (1999-2008) to assess utilization of smoking cessation medication benefits among 5,982 cigarette smokers age...

The study aim was to investigate the potential of salivary biochemical assessments determine smoking cessation in patients under programs. validated behavior and degree nicotine dependence using Fagerström test for smokers non-smokers. Protein components were examined Raman spectroscopy. Salivary matrix metalloproteinases-8 (MMP-8) levels analyzed Quantikine human total MMP-8 immunoassay-kits. ...

In many species males vocally advertise for mates in choruses and these choruses serve as acoustic beacons to conspecific females as well as to eavesdropping predators and parasites. Chorusing will often cease in response to disturbances, such as the presence of predators. In some cases the cessation is so rapid and over such a large area that it seems improbable that males are all responding d...