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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Tobacco Cessation"”.
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An analysis of tobacco cessation quit aids and quit attempts from a national study on tobacco cessation
… Committee, the components of cigarettes and tobacco smoke and the mechanisms by which these cause disease have been studied extensively. Despite the well-documented health consequences associated with tobacco use, nearly 70 million Americans over the age of 12 actively use tobacco products, …
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Examination of self-determination theory constructs as mediators of the effect of motivational interviewing on tobacco cessation outcomes
… education for inducing quit attempts of smoking cessation. While the mechanism through with the interventions is still unknown it remains feasible that motivational interviewing led to quit attempts and cessation by increasing autonomous motivation while health education was effective through a …
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Improving Pharmacy-Led Smoking Cessation Practices at a Federally Qualified Health Center
… was to conduct a programevaluation of current tobacco cessation practices at a local FQHC’s pharmacy, and propose sitespecific recommendations based on findings. Background. Tobacco use is the principal cause of lung cancer and a modifiable risk factor for multiple pulmonary and cardiovascular …
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Caffeine and Nicotine : A Review of Their Combined Use, Interactive Effects and the Impact of Caffeine Abstinence on Tobacco Cessation and Withdrawal
… whether caffeine abstinence influenced smoking cessation and whether smoking abstinence would induce high caffeine plasma levels and subsequent caffeine toxicity symptoms. One-hundred sixty-two caffeine using smokers were enlisted from 41 American Lung Association cessation clinics. Volunteers …
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DIFFUSION OF TOBACCO DEPENDENCE EDUCATION IN DENTAL HYGIENE: TEN CASE STUDIES
The use of tobacco has been a known contributing factor in the development of disease and death since the 1960s. Unfortunately, evidence-based tobacco cessation protocol is still not effectively being taught in healthcare curriculum as evidenced by the lack of clinical competencies in many …
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Examining Factors Related to Tobacco Treatment Engagement Among Tobacco Dependent Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients: An Analysis of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Tobacco Treatment Program
… patients diagnosed with cancer, persistent tobacco use is associated with adverse clinical outcomes such as worse treatment side effects, decreased effectiveness of cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery), all increasing risk of recurrence, second primary cancers, and poor …
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Impact Of The 2015 CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Rule On Tobacco Treatment
… Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) required reporting of tobacco treatment quality measures as part of the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS). This study evaluates the impact of that policy at a large academic medical center that opted to improve performance as it …
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Minimal Contact Intervention for Tobacco Dependence
… to implement minimal contact intervention for tobacco cessation with their clients. This study also described what components of the intervention may have contributed to the adherence of the policy and how health care providers felt about adhering to the policy. The intervention consisted of a …
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Service users' perceptions of the relationships between cigarette use and recovery from substance use disorders
… from substances while continuing to smoke tobacco. Third, although service users perceive benefits to tobacco cessation for health and recovery from SUDs, most participants using tobacco expressed ambivalence about quitting and seem to lack confidence in their ability to stop smoking and …
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An Evaluation of the Systematic Identification and Treatment of Tobacco Use Among Patients in an Academic Medical Center
… core measures for screening and treatment of tobacco use, as hospitalization provides a good opportunity for helping patients to quit smoking. This study was undertaken to evaluate a new program that systematically identifies and offers treatment to all inpatient tobacco users at University of …
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The Public Health Impact of Maternal Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy : The San Bernardino County Experience
<p>Most studies of maternal tobacco cessation during pregnancy have estimated measures of effect that can be useful in identifying the exposure as an etiologic risk factor in maternal and child health. However, in the case of maternal tobacco use there is overwhelming evidence for a causal role in …
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The Effect of Hypertension on Periapical Disease: a Retrospective Study Utilizing Machine Learning to Assess a Dental School Population
… related variables such as insurance type, tobacco cessation, and insurance type to have a strong correlation with predicting periapical disease. With more patient data from Temple, it is possible to fine tune the algorithm to more accurately predict periapical disease based on each …
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Vaping insights perceptions and experiences on a college campus
… in proximity to a college campus and current tobacco related bans implemented by the institution. Determining these relationships provided insights that can be utilized to maximize effectiveness of campus tobacco policy. Research outcomes represented a framework for educating current and …
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Smoking cessation counseling: What do physicians really say and how do they say it?
… Guideline recommends that physicians provide tobacco cessation interventions to their patients at every visit. While many studies have examined the extent to which physicians implement the guideline's "5 A's" (for smokers ready to quit) few studies have examined the extent to which physicians …
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An Examination of How National Policies are Driving Population Health Outcomes and Organizational Change in Private and Public Sectors
… Act has impacted population health by addressing tobacco use with policies to increase Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation services, and 3) an empirical examination to identify hospital strategic partnerships to address population health and determine hospital and market characteristics …
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Periodontal disease and oral health-related quality of life : smoking cessation adventures in primary dental care
… to ascertain the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention applied in a primary care dental setting and employed a narrative literature review to explore periodontal disease, smoking and smoking cessation interventions. This literature review informed the design of a randomised …
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Cigarette smoking amongst Rheumatoid Arthritis patients in a tertiary centre in South Africa
… yet 119 (71,6%) reported receiving smoking cessation advice at the RA clinic. Participants' most common reasons for smoking were emotional support (45.8%), nicotine craving (30.5%) and pain control (25,2%). The Fagerström score revealed mild, moderate and severe nicotine dependence in 67.5%, …
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Testing the transtheoretical model of change in young adult male smokeless tobacco users
Oklahoma is one of the states with high tobacco use rates among adolescents and young adults. Prevalent among adolescent and young adult males is the use of SLT. Among high-school age smokeless tobacco (SLT) users in Oklahoma, 36% began before the age of 13, resulting in profound addiction. The …
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A Descriptive Analysis of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation Elementary Compendium Programs in Relation to Tobacco Prevention
… are effective in the prevention of youth tobacco use based on evaluations provided by the VTSF. In the years (2003-2005), tobacco use trends among middle and high school students in Virginia started moving upward despite the fact that the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF) spent …
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