The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to grow in
part due to better outcomes in other major diseases and in part because a substantial …

Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) may help address addictive disorders. PNF
highlights discrepancies between perceived and actual peer norms, juxtaposed against self …

Background Smoking is a leading cause of premature death and health inequities in the
United States. Methods We estimated cross-sectional prevalence of smoking cessation …

Background: Smoking is the leading cause of health inequalities in Europe. Adults from
lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit …

Background: High-intensity smoking cessation programs generally lead to more continuous
abstinence, however, lower rates of success have been reported among heavy smokers …

Introduction Low-income populations are especially likely to smoke and have difficulty
quitting. This study evaluated a monetary incentive intended to increase smoking treatment …

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of intensive smoking cessation interventions (ISCIs)
directly compared with shorter interventions (SIs), measured as successful quitting. Method …

Background There is a large unused potential for risk reduction in the preoperative period
via effective lifestyle intervention targeting co-existing risky lifestyles: Smoking, malNutrition …

Objectives We compared the effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme (a
comprehensive smoking cessation intervention commonly used in Denmark) with other face …

Abstract The Great Recession produced the highest rates of unemployment observed in
decades, in part due to particularly high rates of people losing work involuntarily. The impact …