This chapter provides practical strategies for employing these modalities in clinical practice
for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Multiple frameworks are …

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical
Practice Guideline, is a product of the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel (" the …

Throughout history people have sought ways of understanding and improving their lot. Once
upon a time such wisdom used to be dispensed in rather broad brush strokes and society …

Abstract Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, a Public Health Ser vice-
sponsored Clinical Practice Guideline, is a product of the Tobacco Use and Dependence …

The rationale for targeted and tailored substance use prevention programs derives from
essentially three observations: 1) differences in substance use prevalence rates across …

Studies of smoking relapse and temptation episodes have relied on retrospective recall and
confounded between-and within-subject variability. Real-time data on temptations and …

OBJECTIVE: To identify variables predictive of smoking cessation in a cohort of cigarette
smokers followed for five years. DESIGN: Data analysed in this paper come from a cohort …

An inability to maintain abstinence is a key indicator of tobacco dependence. Unfortunately,
little evidence exists regarding the ability of the major tobacco dependence measures to …

More than 5 million deaths a year are attributable to tobacco smoking, but attempts to help
people either quit or reduce their smoking often fail, perhaps in part because the intention to …

Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health? Why do people engage in such
behaviour, even if they know about its negative effects? How can people be influenced to …