Despite declines in smoking prevalence in many Western countries, tobacco use continues
to grow in global importance as a leading preventable cause of cardiovascular disease …

Background Smoking cessation advice by GPs is an effective and cost-effective intervention,
but is not implemented as widely as it could be. Aim This wide-ranging Europe-wide …

Background Smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This
multicenter, cross-sectional survey was designed to estimate the cardiovascular (CV) risk …

Background Daily smokers and hazardous drinkers are high-risk patients, developing 2-4
times more complications after surgery. Preoperative smoking and alcohol cessation for four …

Background—Patients who smoke at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
would ideally have a strong incentive to quit, but most do not. We sought to compare the …

Nicotine is a sympathomimetic substance that promotes the release of catecholamines and
other neurotransmitters, acting centrally and peripherally. Apart from its cardiovascular …

This study aimed to assess the behaviors of multiple health professionals in primary
healthcare settings in Jordan towards smoking cessation counseling and to determine the …

Objetivo Analizar la epidemiología del tabaquismo en una muestra de médicos de la
Argentina. Material y métodos Estudio observacional y transversal, en el que se …

Objectives: To assess the smoking cessation counselling practices of family physicians in
Jordan and assess their perception about the availability of smoking cessation resources …

Objectives: To find out whether educational visits by a nurse to specialist physicians
improved their self-reporting of smoking cessation activities; whether these visits increased …