Background Smoking contributes to reasons for hospitalisation, and the period of
hospitalisation may be a good time to provide help with quitting. Objectives To determine the …

Background Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are handheld electronic vaping devices which produce
an aerosol formed by heating an e‐liquid. Some people who smoke use ECs to stop or …

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 …

ContextVarenicline, a partial agonist at the α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, has the
potential to aid smoking cessation by relieving nicotine withdrawal symptoms and reducing the …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are
the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews …

ContextAdults aged 18 to 24 years, many of whom are in college, represent the youngest
legal targets for tobacco industry marketing. Cigarette smoking has been described among …

OBJECTIVES It has been assumed that nicotine dependence has a slow onset and occurs
only after prolonged daily use of tobacco. A cohort of young adolescents was followed to …

Context.—Adolescent smoking prevalence is tracked annually and has increased since 1991.
In contrast, little is known about trends in smoking among college students, a group that …

Objective: To determine if there is a minimum duration, frequency or quantity of tobacco use
required to develop symptoms of dependence. Design and setting: A retrospective/…

Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and predictors of past-year unmet needs for 5 types
of health care services in a national sample of homeless adults. Methods. We analyzed …