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Outcome criteria in smoking cessation trials: proposal for a common standard.
- R. West, P. Hajek, L. Stead, J. Stapleton
- Medicine
- Addiction
- 1 March 2005
Smoking cessation treatment is now integrated into many health-care systems and a major research effort is under way to improve current success rates. Until now results from randomized clinical… Expand
Antidepressants for smoking cessation.
- J. Hughes, L. Stead, T. Lancaster
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2007
BACKGROUND
There are at least two theoretical reasons to believe antidepressants might help in smoking cessation. Nicotine withdrawal may produce depressive symptoms or precipitate a major depressive… Expand
Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients.
- N. Rigotti, M. Munafò, M. Murphy, L. Stead
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2003
BACKGROUND
An admission to hospital provides an opportunity to help people stop smoking. Individuals may be more open to help at a time of perceived vulnerability, and may find it easier to quit in… Expand
Self-help interventions for smoking cessation.
- T. Lancaster, L. Stead
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 20 July 2005
BACKGROUND
Many smokers give up smoking on their own, but materials giving advice and information may help them and increase the number who quit successfully.
OBJECTIVES
The aims of this review… Expand
Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation.
- K. Cahill, L. Stead, T. Lancaster
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2010
BACKGROUND
Nicotine receptor partial agonists may help people to stop smoking by a combination of maintaining moderate levels of dopamine to counteract withdrawal symptoms (acting as an agonist) and… Expand
Antidepressants for smoking cessation.
- J. Hughes, L. Stead, T. Lancaster
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2000
BACKGROUND
There are two reasons to believe antidepressants might help in smoking cessation. First, depression may be a symptom of nicotine withdrawal, and smoking cessation sometimes precipitates… Expand
Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.
- L. Stead, R. Perera, T. Lancaster
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 12 August 2013
BACKGROUND
Telephone services can provide information and support for smokers. Counselling may be provided proactively or offered reactively to callers to smoking cessation helplines.
OBJECTIVES
To… Expand
Group behaviour therapy programmes for smoking cessation.
- L. Stead, T. Lancaster
- Medicine
- The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- 2000
BACKGROUND
Group therapy offers individuals the opportunity to learn behavioural techniques for smoking cessation, and to provide each other with mutual support.
OBJECTIVES
The aims of this review… Expand
Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library
- T. Lancaster, L. Stead, C. Silagy, A. Sowden
- Medicine
- BMJ : British Medical Journal
- 5 August 2000
Peto estimates that current cigarette smoking will cause about 450 million deaths worldwide in the next 50 years. Reducing current smoking by 50% would avoid 20–30 million premature deaths in the… Expand
Smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized smokers: a systematic review.
- N. Rigotti, M. Munafò, L. Stead
- Medicine
- Archives of internal medicine
- 13 October 2008
BACKGROUND
A hospital admission provides an opportunity to help people stop smoking. Providing smoking cessation advice, counseling, or medication is now a quality-of-care measure for US hospitals.… Expand