Background Physical therapists are uniquely positioned in health care to initiate or support
smoking cessation (SC). Little is known, however, about their knowledge and views of SC as …

Light and ultra-light cigarettes are associated with little or no risk reduction versus regular
cigarettes, but the majority of smokers believe they are safer. We evaluated whether nurses …

OBJECTIVE: The causes of death in the United States have moved from infectious to chronic
diseases with modifiable behavioral risk factors. Simultaneously, there has been a paradigm …

Background Persons with a mental illness are less likely to be successful in attempts to quit
smoking. A number of smoking and environmental characteristics have been shown to be …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a structured screening and nurse-based
intervention on cardiovascular risk factors. In patients with established cardiovascular …

A random sample of clinical psychologists was surveyed regarding their smoking cessation
practices and perceptions. A total of 352 psychologists responded (57%) to the valid and …

Communicable diseases as well as maternal and child health in low‐and middle‐income
countries continue to be the main focus of global attention. There are also rising trends in the …

This chapter summarizes the evidence of the effectiveness of smoking cessation
interventions (SCI). A narrative review was conducted using PubMed and Cochrane Library …

Aim To determine (i) the concordance among recent meta‐analyses about which treatments
for smoking cessation are efficacious;(ii) the similarity of odds ratios (ORs) across meta …

Introduction: The focus on acute care, time pressure, and lack of resources hamper the
implementation of smoking cessation guidelines in the emergency department (ED). The …