scholarly journals Exploring the degree of nicotine dependence and willingness to quit smoking in Chinese smoking patients with stroke

Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (49) ◽  
pp. e27715
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Haifeng Li ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Chengyuan Zheng ◽  
Houyun Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Quit Smoking

Association of Longitudinal Changes of Physical Activity on Smoking Cessation Among Young Daily Smokers

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Loprinzi ◽  
Jerome F. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
National Sample ◽  
High Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Change ◽  
Hierarchical Agglomerative Cluster ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Longitudinal Effects

Objective:To our knowledge, no longitudinal epidemiological study among daily smokers has examined the effects of physical activity change/trajectory on smoking cessation. The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal effects of changes in physical activity on smoking cessation among a national sample of young (16–24 y) daily smokers.Methods:Data from the 2003–2005 National Youth Smoking Cessation Survey were used (N = 1178). Using hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis, 5 distinct self-reported physical activity trajectories over 3 time periods (baseline, 12-month, and 24-month follow-up) were observed, including stable low physical activity, decreasing physical activity, curvilinear physical activity, stable high physical activity, and increasing physical activity. Nicotine dependence (Heaviness of Smoking Index) and demographic parameters were assessed via survey.Results:With stable low physical activity (16.2% quit smoking) serving as the referent group, those in the stable high physical activity (24.8% quit smoking) group had 1.8 greater odds of not smoking at the 24-month follow-up period (odds ratio = 1.81; 95% confidence interval, 1.12–2.91) after adjusting for nicotine dependence, age, gender, race-ethnicity, and education.Conclusions:Maintenance of regular physical activity among young daily smokers may help to facilitate smoking cessation.

Nicotine Dependence and Willingness to Quit Smoking in Vascular Surgery Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Smeds ◽  
Anna Privratsky ◽  
Carol R. Thrush ◽  
Claudia P. Barone ◽  
Guillermo A. Escobar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Quit Smoking

Nicotine dependence, withdrawal symptoms, and adolescents' readiness to quit smoking

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Prokhorov ◽  
Karen Suchanek Hudmon ◽  
Carl A. de Moor ◽  
Steven H. Kelder ◽  
Jennifer L. Conroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Withdrawal Symptoms ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Readiness To Quit

scholarly journals Neuropharmacology of nicotine dependence

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 847-857
Author(s):  
Hamdan S. Al-malky
Keyword(s):  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Nicotine Addiction ◽  
Treatment Technique ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Quitting Smoking ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Neural Survival ◽  
Secondary Information ◽  
Ebsco Host

The occurrence of withdrawal symptoms is regarded as the key to mediating smoking relapse amongst smokers. The present study acknowledged the high relapse rates emerging from the inability to address the causes of powerful addiction effects besides identifying chronic disorders caused by nicotine. The present study explored nicotine addiction and its effects on different smoking patterns to provide an informative platform to design interventions that would deliver effective ways of quitting smoking. The study utilized systemic reviews on publications of previous studies obtained from scholarly journal databases, including PubMed, Medline, EBSCO Host, Google Scholar, and Cochrane. Moreover, the study used secondary information obtained from health organizations using filters and keywords to retrieve relevant information. The use of search keywords and filters limited the study to relevant peer-reviewed journals. The study utilized information retrieved from 35 studies obtained from peer-reviewed journals on “nicotine dependence,” “smoking cessation,” and “pharmacology of nicotine dependence and addiction.” The drug tolerance arising in nicotine dependence involved minimized tolerance often occurring during recurrent administration of drugs translated to neuroadaptation. The brain tends to develop challenges in the absence of nicotine, particularly when individuals quit smoking, thus compelling them to backslide from their abstinence. Higher nicotine dependence demotivates individuals from quitting smoking, making the cessation interventions unfruitful, worsened by the inability to understand the causative factors. The solution to overcome nicotine dependence alongside tobacco usage involves a complex treatment technique that would aim to reduce the probability of relapse. Nicotine dependence, Nicotine addiction, Tobacco addiction cycle, Neural survival, Pharmacology of nicotine

scholarly journals Nicotine Dependence and Willingness to Quit Smoking in Vascular Surgery Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 880
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Smeds ◽  
Anna Privratsky ◽  
Claudia Barone ◽  
Guillermo A. Escobar ◽  
Ahsan A. Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Quit Smoking

scholarly journals Smoking cessation support for regular smokers in Hungarian primary care: a nationwide representative cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e018932
Author(s):  
Valéria Sipos ◽  
Anita Pálinkás ◽  
Nóra Kovács ◽  
Karola Orsolya Csenteri ◽  
Ferenc Vincze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Intention To Quit ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
To Receive

ObjectivesOur study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of general practitioners’ (GPs’) smoking cessation support (SCS).Study designWe carried out a cross-sectional study between February and April 2016.Setting and participantA sample of 2904 regular smokers aged 18 years or older was selected randomly from 18 general medical practices involved in a national representative, general medical practice-based morbidity monitoring system. The GPs surveyed the selected adults and identified 708 regular smokers.Main outcome measuresMultivariate logistic regression models have been applied to evaluate the determinants (age, gender, education, smoking-related comorbidity, smoking intensity, intention to quit smoking and nicotine dependence) of provision of GP-mediated SCS such as brief intervention, pharmacological and non-pharmacological programmatic support.ResultsAccording to the survey, 24.4% of the adults were regular smokers, 30% of them showed high nicotine dependence and 38.2% willing to quit smoking. Most of the smokers were not participated in SCS by GPs: brief intervention, programmatic non-pharmacological support and pharmacotherapy were provided for 25%, 7% and 2% of smokers, respectively. Low-nicotine-dependence individuals were less (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.75), patients with intention to quit were more (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.00 to 2.22) likely to receive a brief intervention. Vocational (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.13 to 2.59) and high school education (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.31 to 3.31), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular diseases (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.04 to 10.68; OR 3.91, 95% CI 2.33 to 6.54) increased the probability to receive support by GP.ConclusionsAlthough there are differences among smokers’ subgroups, the SCS in Hungarian primary care is generally insufficient, compared with guidelines. Practically, the pharmacological support is not included in Hungarian GPs’ practice. GPs should increase substantially the working time devoted to SCS, and the organisation of primary healthcare should support GPs in improving SCS services.

scholarly journals Gender and Time-Related Differences in a Large Cohort of Heavy Smokers Applying for Treatment to a Tobacco Centre in Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
Carlotta Defferrari ◽  
Cristina Barbara ◽  
Matteo Puntoni ◽  
Marilena Petrera ◽  
Stefano Domenicucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Clinically Depressed ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Over Time

Introduction: Attempts to quit smoking have increased in recent years, but the patterns of variations over time are unknown. We aimed at describing time- and sex-related changes in a population of 2,231 subjects who adhered to a smoking-cessation programme lasting 13 years in Italy.Methods: We measured baseline expired carbon monoxide (expired-CO), Fagerstrom nicotine dependence, Q-MAT test, Zung depression and anxiety scale, Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS).Results: Study population included 1,278 men and 953 women who smoked a median of 25 (interquartile range, IQR: 20–32) and 20 (IQR: 20–30) cigarettes/day, respectively (p < 0.001). The proportion of female smokers increased from 37.5% in 2001–2003 to 46.9% in 2010–2013 (p = 0.003). There was a significant time-related reduction of median daily cigarette consumption, with a more noticeable decrease in men. Median expired-CO (parts per million (ppm)) increased only in women, from 18 (IQR: 14–23) in 2001–03 to 20 (IQR: 14–28) in 2010–13 (p = 0.001), whereas Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence did not vary. Differences in psychological characteristics in the last 3 years showed that women were more clinically depressed than men (16.6% versus 7.6%, p < 0.001).Conclusions: Despite a decrease in the number of daily cigarettes with time, expired-CO tends to increase in women, who are also more clinically depressed and anxious than men. A personalised approach to specific subgroups of smokers, with special emphasis on a psychological support for women, seems appropriate.

scholarly journals Tobacco chippers seeking assistance for smoking cessation: a case series

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-237
Author(s):  
Gabriel Natan Pires ◽  
Luciana Rizzieri Figueiró ◽  
Maristela Ferigolo ◽  
Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros ◽  
Denise Conceição Mesquita Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Smoking History ◽  
Perceived Health Status ◽  
Regular Group ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Quitting Smoking ◽  
Therapy Interventions

OBJECTIVE: To describe a series of cases of tobacco chippers (TCs) who sought assistance for smoking cessation. DESCRIPTION OF CASES: We describe the case of three TCs who participated in a free quit-smoking support group. Smokers answered self-administered questionnaires covering sociodemographic data, smoking history, nicotine dependence, perceived health status, and motivational stages. Of the 183 smokers enrolled in the program, three (1.6%) were considered TCs. All three were women and reported alcohol use, although at low frequencies. Two of them reported the presence of potentially tobacco-related disease. All TCs presented light nicotine dependence and reported difficulties quitting smoking. All dropped out after the first group meeting. COMMENTS: This study describes a subgroup of smokers not extensively described in the literature: TCs seeking assistance for smoking cessation, with some degree of nicotine dependence, and who do not adhere to regular group therapy. Interventions aimed at this population may be an interesting strategy for smoking cessation.

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