Background Tobacco use is one of the most common preventable causes of death, but more
than half of the Chinese men still use tobacco products. Moreover, 63.6% of Chinese …

Background. Smoking reduction has been introduced as an alternative to smokers unable or
unwilling to quit but has never been implemented in a population-based intervention …

Background and aims Three to 10 minutes of smoking cessation advice by physicians is
effective to increase quit rates, but is not routinely practised. We examined the effectiveness …

Objective To systematically evaluate the effectiveness of Minimal Smoking Cessation
Intervention Program (MSCIP) and to provide theoretical basis for the feasibility of …

The article discusses whether cigarette smokers who are not ready to quit are likely to stop
smoking after participating in a brief smoking reduction intervention, and it mentions the …

Background and aims There is inconsistent evidence that behavioural support to promote
smoking reduction is effective at increasing smoking cessation. We examined the …

Background The prevalence and correlates of hardcore smokers, who have high daily
cigarette consumption, no quitting history and no intention to quit, have been studied in …

Background. Several large and well-conducted community interventions have failed to
detect an effect on prevalence of smoking. Methods. Two thousand four hundred eight daily …

Background There is a considerable body of evidence on the effectiveness of specific
interventions in individuals who wish to quit smoking. However, there are no large-scale …

BACKGROUND: Limited treatment options exist for smokers who are not ready to make a
quit attempt. Smoking reduction may be a viable treatment approach if proven to increase …