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How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1442 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tobacco smoke.read more
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An evaluation study of a gender-specific smoking cessation program to help Hong Kong Chinese women quit smoking
TL;DR: Helping smokers to improve their self-efficacy in resisting both internal and external stimuli of tobacco use can be a way of enhancing the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention.
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Assessing the Delivery of Cessation Services to Smokers in Urban, Safety-Net Clinics
Martin C. Mahoney,Annamaria Masucci Twarozek,Frances G. Saad-Harfouche,Christy A. Widman,Deborah O. Erwin,Willie Underwood,Chester H. Fox +6 more
TL;DR: The scope of tobacco cessation services delivered to low socio-economic status (SES) patients in several primary care medical offices, considered as “safety-net” sources of health care, is described and the need to redouble efforts to more effectively address smoking cessation is called for.
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Longitudinal stability in cigarette smokers of urinary eicosanoid biomarkers of oxidative damage and inflammation
Steven G. Carmella,Alisa K. Heskin,Mei Kuen Tang,Joni Jensen,Xianghua Luo,Chap T. Le,Sharon E. Murphy,Neal L. Benowitz,F. Joseph McClernon,Ryan Vandrey,Sharon S Allen,Rachel L Denlinger-Apte,Paul M. Cinciripini,Andrew A. Strasser,Mustafa al'Absi,Jason D. Robinson,Eric C. Donny,Dorothy K. Hatsukami,Stephen S. Hecht +18 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that, in addition to cigarette smoking, endogenous processes of oxidative damage and inflammation influence the levels of these biomarkers over time among current smokers.
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BDNF and nicotine dependence: associations and potential mechanisms.
TL;DR: The effects of nicotine on BDNF expression in the brain are discussed and the underlying signaling pathways are summarized, which further indicated BDNF as a key regulator in nicotine dependence.
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Formative Evaluation of a Practice-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Diverse Populations
Martin C. Mahoney,Martin C. Mahoney,Deborah O. Erwin,Christy A. Widman,Annamaria Masucci Twarozek,Frances G. Saad-Harfouche,Willie Underwood,Chester H. Fox +7 more
TL;DR: A formative research project examining patient perceptions of tobacco cessation strategies among diverse, low socioeconomic, urban smokers cared for in community-based primary care medical offices finds it appears reasonable to stratify the content and platform of health messaging by the target age-group.