Discusses developments in understanding smoking and smoking cessation, methodological
issues, and intervention approaches over the past 10 yrs. Although effective multisession …

Background. Lack of interest has been cited as a reason not to offer cessation assistance to
smokers, but research suggests that smokers accept treatments offered proactively. This …

Argues that, although smoking rates are declining and quit rates are increasing, research on
behavioral approaches to smoking cessation is stagnant. Despite an increase in …

Objective: The current introductory article provides the rationale for the special section on
understudied smokers and innovative treatments. This article proposes a definition of …

Abstract presents the rationale for treating nicotine dependence in health care settings and
introduces a stepped-care model as a blueprint for intervention/includes an overview of the …

Identifies effective, experimentally validated smoking cessation treatments & practices.
Addresses primary care clinicians, smoking cessation specialists, & health care …

This reprinted article originally appeared in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
2002, Vol 70 (3), 494-509.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record …

Aim s To identify promising intervention components intended to help smokers to attain and
maintain abstinence in their quit smoking attempts. Design A fully crossed, six‐factor …

Around 19% of US adults smoke cigarettes, and smoking remains the leading avoidable
cause of death in this country. Without treatment only∼ 5% of smokers who try to quit …

The process of smoking cessation involves progression through five stages of change:
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Most patients are …