Background A significant number of smokers would like to stop smoking. Despite the
demonstrated efficacy of pharmacological smoking cessation treatments, many smokers are …

Introduction: Drug users have high rates of tobacco use and tobacco-related disease.
Telephone quitlines promote smoking cessation, but their reach among drug users is …

Aims To assess the impact of messages recommending the concomitant use of nicotine
replacement therapy (NRT) and cigarettes on smokers' intention to quit smoking. Design …

Introduction: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a proven smoking cessation treatment.
Previous research has reported low rates of NRT use among quit attempters. This study …

OBJECTIVE:“Pick-Klop” is a game based on cognitive behavioral therapy. It aims to change
smokers' attitudes towards tobacco addiction. This study tests the feasibility and the impact …

Clinicians are in a unique position to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality by
helping their patients quit smoking. At each visit, clinicians should document smoking status …

Introduction Self-help computer-based programs are easily accessible and cost-effective
interventions with a great recruitment potential. However, each program is different and …

Since the 1980s, it has been widely accepted that nicotine is an addictive drug. While
discussions of smoking inevitably lead smokers to reflect on their addiction, smokers' …

OBJECTIVES: There is a need to better understand the prevalence of use of pharmaceutical
aids among former smokers, and explore concerns that those former smokers may have had …

There is now little doubt that the majority of people who smoke tobacco do so to experience
the psychopharmacological properties of the nicotine present in the smoke and that a …