Background Hospitalization is an opportune time for smoking cessation support; cessation
interventions delivered by hospital physicians are effective. While general practitioners' and …

Background Smoking rates among women are currently low, but they are the fastest growing
segment of cigarette smoking population in developing countries. We aimed to assess the …

OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility and efficacy of an internet program for smoking cessation
during and after inpatient treatment in rehabilitation centers. METHODS: A total of 7574 …

Barriers associated with the sparse engagement of general practitioners (GPs) in lifestyle
counseling are well investigated. The aim of the study was (a) to explore to what extent …

The delivery of preventive services in GPs' surgeries falls below recommended levels.
Different attempts are performed to change the situation. The introduction in the UK in 2004 …

Smoking among veterans undergoing surgery is estimated to be 36%. Smoking has been
linked to postoperative surgical complications including ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias …

Medical school curricula often provide insufficient time and instruction for health behavior
change counseling. We examined the feasibility of blending classroom and distributed …

Purpose: Tobacco use continues to be the single most preventable cause of death and
disease in the United States. A paradigm shift is needed in physician assistant (PA) …

This pilot study examined the use of a touch-screen tablet personal computer to assess
smoking and alcohol use among low-income primary care patients (N= 100) and tested …

Objectives To find out the most common dissonances between smoking and giving up
motivations in adolescents. Material and methods A five Secondary Schools descriptive …