Tobacco use, especially cigarette smoking, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality and is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Comprehensive …

Key Clinical Points Helping Smokers Quit Smoking will prematurely kill half of smokers who
do not quit. At all visits, patients should be asked about smoking, and smokers should be …

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. Genetic
variation contributes to initiation, regular smoking, nicotine dependence, and cessation. We …

Introduction Despite advances in tobacco dependence treatment in the past two decades,
progress has been inconsistent and slow. This paper reviews pervasive methodological …

Aims This paper aims to identify appropriate criteria for tobacco dependence assessment,
evaluate relevant research and suggest revisions that may be incorporated into DSM‐5 …

BACKGROUND: Contextual variables often predict long-term abstinence, but little is known
about how these variables exert their effects. These variables could influence abstinence by …

Introduction Most people who smoke cigarettes are not willing (ie, not ready) to make a quit
attempt (QA) at any given time. Unfortunately, interventions intended to increase QAs and …

Objective: Although the relation between lifetime depression and smoking cessation
outcome has been well studied, the proposition that different symptomatic expressions of …

Animal research suggests that anhedonia is a tobacco withdrawal symptom, but this topic
has not been addressed definitively in research with humans. This research sought to …

Aims To assess the relations of menthol cigarette use with measures of cessation success in
a large comparative effectiveness trial (CET). Design Participants were randomized to one of …