Article: ATTENTION SMOKERS: KICK THE HABIT OR RISK LOWER JOB RATINGS.

Article: Smoking reduction can be accomplished gradually.
Health & Medicine Week;  March 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Tobacco use causes enormous morbidity and mortality because of the high risk of smoking-related diseases and the high prevalence of cigarette smoking. "Existing smoking cessation methods only help motivated smokers who are ready to quit, but the ...

Article: Smoking-attributable mortality - Mexico, 1992.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  May 19, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Cigarette smoking causes neoplastic, respiratory, and ... 1]. In the United States, cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of premature ... Although the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Mexico (26% in 1993 [2]) is similar ...

Article: Smoking: Breaking the chain
Community Practitioner;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES The contribution of smoking to ill-health and serious chronic disease is well established. Smoking cessation adviser SAM ANDREWS and nurse consultant JAN KEENAN examine the evidence Early extensive epidemiological research ...

Article: Smoking cessation interventions in rural family practices: ...
Journal of Family Practice;  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... important motivating factor to quit smoking.[1] In a meta-analysis ... have a significant impact on smoking behavior by identifying smokers ... physician counseling against smoking is as cost effective as several ... In the publication Healthy People 2000, the Department of Health ...

Article: Smoking in adolescence: methods for health education and ...
Journal of Family Practice;  October 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... The purpose of this study was to explore smoking behaviors and attitudes among adolescents ... patient's demographic information and smoking status, which was linked to the questionnaire ... patients and 16% of male patients were smoking and 57'1, had tried smoking. Knowledge ...

Article: Smoking Reduction with Oral Nicotine Inhalers.
Internal Medicine Alert;  December 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... used nicotine inhalers and that smoking reduction with or without nicotine ... replacement might be the first step in smoking cessation in people not willing to stop abruptly ... 321:329-333. Cigarette smoking is associated with detrimental ...

Article: Smoking and Deployment: Perspectives of Junior-Enlisted ...
Military Medicine;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Smoking during deployments is a growing problem, particularly ... junior-enlisted personnel, who have the highest smoking rates in the military. Few studies have examined reasons for smoking initiation among never smokers, relapse among ...