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Substance Abuse
Lauren Arancini, Ron Borland, Michael Le Grande, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Seetal Dodd, Olivia M. Dean, Michael Berk, Ann McNeill, Geoffrey T. Fong, K. Michael Cummings
Summary: The study found that older smokers were more likely to smoke daily and less likely to attempt and succeed in quitting smoking. Younger smokers were more likely to achieve at least 30 days of abstinence, but the age effect disappeared when controlling for heaviness of smoking. Significant interactions were found between age and intention when predicting quit attempts, and age and heaviness of smoking when predicting quit success.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maria Danielsson, Anelma Lammi, Simo Siitonen, Jukka Ollgren, Liisa Pylkkanen, Tuula Vasankari
Summary: The study found that increasing the motivation of young Finnish males to quit smoking and snus was related to their perception of the harmful effects of tobacco and the number of attempts to quit smoking. The prevalence of daily snus use and smoking were 17% and 25% respectively. The willingness to quit snus and smoking was associated with perception of health hazards and multiple attempts to quit.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Psychology, Clinical
Morgan Snell, David Harless, Sunny Shin, Peter Cunningham, Andrew Barnes
Summary: Adult smokers with symptoms of any mental illness (AMI) have higher nicotine dependence and face difficulties in quitting smoking. The interaction between nicotine dependence and AMI plays a crucial role in cessation outcomes.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
Kyung Hyun Suh
Summary: The aim of this study was to identify factors that could predict the empowerment of female smokers to quit smoking, in order to provide useful information for smoking cessation interventions. The study included 337 Korean female smokers aged 20 or older, with an average age of 35.70 years. Regression analysis and decision-tree data-mining were used to verify a model predicting female smokers' empowerment to quit smoking. The results showed that factors such as nicotine dependence, stimulation smoking, smoking for relaxation and tension reduction, and premenstrual syndrome interference were negatively correlated with empowerment to quit smoking, while motivation to quit smoking was positively correlated. Nicotine dependence accounted for the most variance in empowerment to quit smoking. The decision-tree model included variables such as motivation to quit, daily smoking amount, alcohol use, craving smoking, smoking for relaxation and tension reduction, and height. These findings provide valuable insights for further research and intervention planning for female smokers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)
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Substance Abuse
Yoon Hee Eum, Ho Jun Kim, Seolah Bak, Sung-Ha Lee, Jinri Kim, Su Hyeon Park, Seo Eun Hwang, Bumjo Oh
Summary: Smoking cessation in South Korea remains challenging, with many smokers attempting to quit each year. This study found that longer participation in a smoking cessation program, lower nicotine dependence, and lower total smoking amounts were associated with higher success rates in quitting smoking. Additionally, smokers with hypertension or cardiovascular disease were more likely to achieve success in smoking cessation.
TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Oh Beom Kwon, Chihoon Jung, Auk Kim, Gihwan Byeon, Seung-Joon Lee, Woo Jin Kim
Summary: Smoking is a major cause of diseases and death, and nicotine addiction makes quitting challenging. Medical interventions can effectively help smokers quit. This study compares the characteristics of patients who visited a smoking cessation clinic once with those who visited multiple times, in order to identify factors associated with repeat clinic visits.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, Research & Experimental
Laurie Zawertailo, Tina Kabir, Sabrina Voci, Elise Tanzini, Sophia Attwells, Liliana Malat, Scott Veldhuizen, Nadia Minian, Rosa Dragonetti, Osnat C. Melamed, Elad Mei-Dan, Peter Selby
Summary: This clinical trial aims to overcome the limitations of previous studies by recruiting a large sample of participants and assigning target quit dates to the middle of both the follicular and luteal phases. The results of the trial can further elucidate the effects of the menstrual cycle on smoking cessation outcomes and whether it is beneficial to combine menstrual cycle phase timing strategies with accessible and low-cost nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
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Substance Abuse
Nikita L. Poole, Math J. J. M. Candel, Marc C. Willemsen, Floor A. van den Brand
Summary: This study examines the effectiveness of different delivery modes for professional behavioral counseling for smoking cessation in a real-world setting. The results show that mode of counseling does not appear to be important for long-term quit success when chosen by oneself. However, certain groups such as women, lower educated individuals, and younger participants may require more tailored counseling to prevent program attrition and unsuccessful quit attempts.
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2023)
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Psychology, Clinical
Dale S. Mantey, Onyema Greg Chido-Amajuoyi, Onyinye Omega-Njemnobi, LaTrice Montgomery
Summary: The study found that the relationship between menthol cigarette use and smoking frequency, quantity, and quit intentions in adolescent smokers is different from that of adults, suggesting that menthol may reinforce sustained smoking behavior among youth.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
Jean-Francois Etter
Summary: Large financial incentives increase motivation to quit smoking in smokers who failed to quit despite receiving incentives. This intervention leads to higher intention to quit and more frequent quit attempts, but has no impact on cigarette dependence scores.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ling Li, Haifeng Li, Ying Zhang, Chengyuan Zheng, Houyun Xu, Zizhen Cheng
Summary: Nicotine dependence and willingness to quit smoking are crucial factors in determining whether stroke patients can successfully quit smoking. Factors such as age, household registration status, education level, marital status, occupation, smoking attitude, and nicotine dependence all play a role in influencing stroke patients' willingness to quit smoking.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Merel Keijsers, Maria Cecilia Vega-Corredor, Melanie Tomintz, Simon Hoermann
Summary: Virtual reality technologies have been proposed to enhance smoking cessation therapy, with cue exposure therapy being the most studied intervention. However, the long-term effects are inconsistent. Behavioral therapies like approach-avoidance tasks or gamified interventions have shown positive results.Future research should focus on multicomponent interventions and include control groups for validity.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
John A. Cunningham, Vladyslav Kushnir, Peter Selby, Laurie Zawertailo, Rachel F. Tyndale, Scott T. Leatherdale, Alexandra Godinho, Christina Schell
Summary: This secondary analysis of a randomized trial of mailed nicotine patches found that purchasing additional NRT was not associated with long-term success in tobacco cessation. Current smokers continue to show interest in NRT for quitting smoking.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yi Guo, Di-yue Liu, Yu-jia Wang, Meng-jie Huang, Nan Jiang, Qiang Hou, Bojunhao Feng, Wen-yu Wu, Yi-bo Wu, Fei Qi, Xin-ying Sun
Summary: This study investigates the association between family functioning and nicotine dependence levels of smoking fathers. The findings suggest that heavy nicotine dependence is related to longer smoking duration, frequent alcohol consumption, and poor family functioning.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Harry Tattan-Birch, Jamie Brown, Lion Shahab, Sarah E. Jackson
Summary: This study found that refillable tank e-cigarettes remain the most widely used device type in England, despite the growing popularity of pods and HTPs worldwide.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)