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However, when the community smokers were asked about more specific advice they had received to help them stop smoking, only 13% had received advice regarding nicotine replacement therapies and under 5% had been given the telephone number of a smoking cessation support service (Smokers Quitline). ...
and propagandize of quitting is worldwide to make people realize that a variety of diseases caused by smoking is not irreversible. Health can be restored as long as smoking cessation. Only when the smokers are truly determined to build a new lifestyle can they get rid of this kind of bad ...
People who smoke are at increased risk of lung and other cancers, heart attack, stroke, chronic lung disease and premature death. After smoking cessation, these risks diminish, but little is known about the time required to regain the level of health of people who have never smoked. This ana...
Validated questionnaires on smoking habits and alcohol consumption, quality of life and psychiatric comorbidities are completed at each visit. All subjects are advised at each visit to quit smoking, moderate alcohol intake and keep a balanced diet. Information on smoking cessation programmes is provided...
Smoking cessationis imperative to reduce the accelerated decline of lung function over time as well as the associated exacerbations and comorbidities.3If initiated early,smoking cessationcan decrease the incidence ofrespiratory morbidity.4The Lung Health Study in 1994 found that in individuals with mild...
Smoking Cessation 3: Needed Healthcare Policy ChangesSmoking Cessation 3: Needed Healthcare Policy Changesdoi:10.1080/08964289709596364Smoking is the primary preventable cause of mortality and morbidity in our society, killing more than 430,000 people each year鈥攎ore than 1,000 a day. Despite this...
Smoking - Health Risks, Addiction, History: In order to explain why enormous sections of the world’s population continue to smoke, given the overwhelming medical evidence of its dangerous effects, one must understand the social history of the practice,