Objective: This study aimed to examine the readability levels and contents of Turkish websites on smoking cessation. Method: A search was performed in August 2019 by typing word “smoking cessation” Google engine (https://www.google.com). Commercial websites, advertisement chat forum magazine containing only images or videos, with less than 10 sentences were excluded from study. The cessation de...

This cross-sectional study assessed changes between 1999 and 2003 in attitudes among Swedish general practitioners (GPs) toward smoking cessation activities and also assessed the effect of a nationwide quitline on GPs' smoking cessation activities. A random sample of 621 Swedish GPs answered a questionnaire mailed to their home addresses in spring 2003. When possible, the results of the present...

OBJECTIVES Nurses have been identified as an instrumental partner in tobacco reduction. This study aimed to examine factors affecting Korean nurses' intention to implement smoking cessation intervention in Busan, Korea. METHODS The participants were a total of 215 Korean registered nurses. A self-administered questionnaire evaluated predisposing factors, motivational factors (attitude, social...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Smoking cessation advice is known as an important factor in motivating smokers to quit smoking. We investigated the extent, sources and predictors of receiving unsolicited advice and seeking active advice for smoking cessation in Iran. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed as a part of Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP) on 9093 adult individuals (both men and...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation rates have remained stagnant globally. This study was conducted to explore the factors associated with successful smoking cessation among South Korean adult males using nationally representative data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) from 2007 to 2012. A comparison was made between successful quitters and those who failed to q...

Although tobacco is a well-established causal agent for many human cancers, less emphasis has been placed on translating this evidence by evaluating the effects of continued tobacco use after a cancer diagnosis. A broad assessment of the effects of continued tobacco use demonstrates that tobacco increases cancer treatment toxicity, recurrence, second primary tumors, and mortality in patients wi...

OBJECTIVE Most smoking cessation studies have used long-term abstinence as their primary outcome measure. Recent research has suggested that long-term abstinence may be an insensitive index of important smoking cessation mechanisms. The goal of the current study was to examine the effects of 5 smoking cessation pharmacotherapies using Shiffman et al.'s (2006) approach of examining the effect of...

INTRODUCTION Little research exists on the prevalence of evidence-based tobacco cessation practices in workplaces, employer promotion of state-sponsored quitlines and predictors of these practices. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of the 2008 Healthy Worksite Survey, a telephone survey administered to Washington employers with 50 or more employees (n=693). The objectives were to describe work...

INTRODUCTION Individuals with alcohol, drug, or mental (ADM) disorders combined make up over 40% of all smokers in the U.S. Primary care providers (PCPs) play an important role in smoking cessation counseling, but their effectiveness with this population is unclear. This study evaluated the effectiveness of PCP smoking cessation counseling for smokers with ADM disorders. METHODS Probit regres...

BACKGROUND Several forms of cessation support have been shown effective in increasing the chance of successful smoking cessation, but cessation support is still underutilized among smokers. Proactive outreach to target audiences may increase use of cessation support. METHODS The present study evaluated the efficiency of using study invitation letters distributed through primary schools in rec...