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Cessation of smoking

Known as: Quitting Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Cessation, Smoking 
Discontinuation of the habit of smoking, the inhaling and exhaling of tobacco smoke.
National Institutes of Health

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11 relations
BupropionDrug AbstinenceDrug rehabilitation procedureSmokeless Tobacco

Broader (2)

Tobacco Use CessationTobacco smoking behavior

Narrower (1)

nicotine replacement

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A randomized, controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation.
BACKGROUND Smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Previous studies of financial… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network.
BACKGROUND The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 30 years. We examined the… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Physician advice for smoking cessation.
BACKGROUND Healthcare professionals frequently advise patients to improve their health by stopping smoking. Such advice may be… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Nicotine replacement therapy in smoking cessation.
Evidence for benefit from nicotine replacement therapy in hospital patients is inconclusive, although the results of a trial… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Smoking, smoking cessation, and lung cancer in the UK since 1950: combination of national statistics with two case-control studies
Abstract Objective and design: To relate UK national trends since 1950 in smoking, in smoking cessation, and in lung cancer to… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals: an update
This paper updates the evidence base and key recommendations of the Health Education Authority (HEA) smoking cessation guidelines… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A controlled trial of sustained-release bupropion, a nicotine patch, or both for smoking cessation.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS Use of nicotine-replacement therapies and the antidepressant bupropion helps people stop smoking. We… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The process of smoking cessation: an analysis of precontemplation, contemplation, and preparation stages of change.
Traditionally smoking cessation studies use smoker and nonsmoker categories almost exclusively to represent individuals quitting… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The Contemplation Ladder: validation of a measure of readiness to consider smoking cessation.
Presents evidence for the validity of the Contemplation Ladder, a measure of readiness to consider smoking cessation. Analyses of… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Smoking, smoking cessation, and major depression.
A relationship between cigarette smoking and major depressive disorder was suggested in previous work involving nonrandomly… 
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