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The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking-cessation success prediction in adult individuals who smoke. The study, designed with a quantitative cross-sectional, included individuals aged 18 and above who smoke and volunteered to participate. The "Sociodemographic and COVID- 19 Information Form" and "Smoking Cessation Success Prediction Scale" were used as data collection tools. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews with the participation of 506 individuals. SPSS 26 Program and descriptive statistics were utilized in the analysis of the data. Participants who had experienced COVID-19, been hospitalized due to COVID-19, or lost a loved one due to COVID-19 and were vaccinated against COVID-19 were found to have higher smoking cessation success prediction scores. According to the study, 61.5% of the participants thought about giving up smoking as a result of COVID-19. Determining public health policies for this population, which may be at high risk for COVID-19 complications, and providing support for smoking-cessation could be beneficial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide and smoking plays an important role in the development of lung cancer. The study aims to determine the impact of a lung cancer diagnosis on the period of smoking habits. Also, we aimed to find out the factors affecting smoking cessation in patients after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Materials and Methods: Our study is a descriptive study with 410 patients diagnosed with lung cancer and who had a history of smoking in a training and research hospital in Izmir between April and December 2018. The socio-demographic characteristics of the patients, smoking history, smoking status after the diagnosis, the duration of smoking cessation after the diagnosis, the relationship between smoking and lung cancer disease were investigated. Results: The mean age of the participants was 60.41±14.85 and 62.7% of the patients were male. Quitting smoking rate was significantly increased and the number of cigarettes smoked daily was decreased after the diagnosis of lung cancer. The rate of quitting smoking after the diagnosis was higher in male patients compared to female patients and the smoking cessation rate was found to be higher in employees. The smoking cessation rate of those who do not use alcohol is significantly higher. The smoking cessation rate was higher in the first year after the diagnosis of lung cancer. Conclusions: This study showed that the majority of the patients had quit smoking after the diagnosis of lung cancer.

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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effect of acceptance and commitment-based counseling on smoking cessation and quality of life in Turkish society. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial with experimental design with 35 individuals including 17 in the intervention group and 18 in the control group. The data of the study were collected using the Personal Information Form, SF-36 Quality of life Questionnaire, and Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). 6 sessions of acceptance and commitment-based counseling was given to the intervention group including 1 session per week for 6 weeks. Results: The intervention and control groups had similar demographic characteristics. It was determined that there was a significant decrease in the mean number of cigarettes a day and FTND intervention follow-up measurement mean scores after the intervention and in the follow-up measurements in the intervention group and this decrease was significantly lower than the mean number of cigarettes per day by the participants in the control group. In the intragroup evaluation of SF-36 Quality of Life subscale scores of the intervention group, significant score increases were observed in all subscales other than physical role functioning, pain, and emotional role functioning. Conclusion: Acceptance and commitment-based counseling was found to be effective in smoking cessation and quality of life in Turkish society. This study provide useful evidence-based information for healthcare professionals in the nursing practice.

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Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the anxiety sensitivity levels and nicotine dependence and smoking cessation outcomes in patients referred to the Smoking Cessation Policlinics.Methods: This retrospective study included 286 patients referred to a smoking cessation policlinic between January 2017 and July 2017. Socio-demographic characteristics, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTDN) scores, depression scores measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI) scale scores were retrospectively retrieved from patient medical files. All patients were contacted and the instant smoking status of the patients was recorded.Results: Of the participants, 19.5% (n=56) (including those who did not come to follow-up) had quit smoking and were abstinent at least six months after the quitting date. The mean scores of anxiety sensitivity were significantly higher in moderate/high nicotine dependent patients than in mild nicotine dependent patients (p=0.001 and p

Background: Smoking is the most common cause of preventable death and disease. Our country is one of the European countries with a high smoking rate. With the effect of social awareness, education and social situations, applications to smoking cessation outpatient clinics are increasing. In this study, we aimed to discuss both smoking cessation in our outpatient clinic and the effect of a standard 12-week varenicline regimen for smoking cessation and a standard 10-week transdermal nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) regimen on cessation. Materials and Methods: 845 patients who applied to smoking cessation clinic between January 2015 andJanuary 2018 were started retrospectively. Results: The patients included in the study were compared according to their smoking cessation status. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of age and gender (p=0.622, p=0.241). While the Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Score (FNBS) was 6.12±0.9 in the group who quit smoking, it was 8.45±1.1 in the group who did not quit smoking, and there was a statistically significant difference between the groups (p=0.04). 80.5% of the patients used varenicline, 19.5% of them used nicotine patch. The patients were compared according to the drug they took. There was no statistically significant difference between Varenicline and nicotine patch in smoking cessation (p=0.707). In addition, the two groups were compared in terms of age and gender. While there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of age (p<0.001), there was no significant difference in terms of gender (p=0.405). While FNBS was 6.95±0.9 in the varenicline group, it was 7.01±0,7 in the NRT group, and there was no significant difference between the two groups (p=0.506). Conclusions: It was observed that demographic characteristics such as age and gender did not affect smoking cessation, but low FNBS was effective in quitting smoking. In addition, it was determined that there was no difference between drugs in smoking cessation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the changesboth in the systemic inflammation and in the mucociliary clearance followingsmoking cessation, and their associations with smoking characteristics.Methods: A total of 30 cases admitted to Konya Training andResearch Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Department of SmokingCessation were recruited, and 27 of them completed the study. Tumor necrosisfactor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin (IL) -4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and saccharintransit time (STT) was measuredat the beginning and 2 months after smokingcessation.Results: We found in this study that STT decreased significantlyin 2 months after cessation (p lt;0.001). In our study, we found that serumTNF-α (p=0.035) and IL-8 (p=0.002) levels were decreased significantly at 2months after quitting when compared with the basal levels. In our study, serumIL-6 (p=0.132) and IL-10 (p=0.657) levels did not change significantly in the2nd month of quitting, when compared to basal levels.Conclusion: In this study, two months after smoking cessation,nasal mucosal clearance and systemic inflammatory response especially plasmaTNF- α and IL-8 levels were improved. We think that further studies with largersample size and longer follow-up will provide more detailed data about theimprovements in systemic inflammation.

Objectives: It is known that anxiety disorder, depression, and other psychiatric disorders are more common in patients with smoking and tobacco use. In our study, it was aimed to investigate whether there was any difference in the first-year follow-up between patients who applied to the smoking cessation clinic and those who were not consulted to psychiatry at the first evaluation. Materials and Methods: A total of 197 cases who applied to our smoking cessation policlinic in 2017 were included in the study. Among the patients who applied to the smoking cessation outpatient clinic, 96 patients who were consulted to psychiatry were evaluated as "group 1" and 101 patients who were not consulted to psychiatry as "group 2". Demographic data and smoking attitudes and habits of all cases, comorbid diseases, treatments they received, and smoking cessation in the first year were recorded. Results: When group 1 and group 2 were compared, there was no significant difference in the cases referred to psychiatry in terms of smoking cessation rates in the first year [Ngrup 1 quitters = 22 (22.90%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 23 (22.70%), p = 0.67]. In the subgroup analysis, in cases who quit smoking in the first year; It was observed that group 1 cases received behavioral treatment and NRT treatment at higher rates than group 2 cases (Ngrup 1 quitters = 33 (44.60%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 17 (21.80%); p = 0.002). It was determined that group 2 cases received behavioral treatment and varenicline treatment more than group 1 cases [Ngrup 1 quitters = 6 (8.10%), Ngrup 2 quitters = 33 (51.10%); p = 0.002]. Conclusion: It was found that the patients who were found to have a high need for psychological support who applied to the smoking cessation clinic were able to quit smoking at rates similar to those with low anxiety and depression scores with effective pharmacological and psychiatric support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Varenicline is an alpha 4 beta 2 nicotinic receptor partial agonist with dopaminergic effects. It is an effective and widely used agent approved for smoking cessation. Depressive mood, sleep disorder, suicide, agitation, aggression, psychotic and manic symptoms have been reported during the use of varenicline. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with a history of major depression who was admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of mania with psychotic features at the end of the 12-week varenicline treatment. She was admitted to the psychiatry clinic for mystic grandiose and reference delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, irritability, insomnia, and rapid speech. She was in antidepressant treatment with 100 mg/day sertraline for 2 years and was euthymic for the last 18 months. In her history, she never had symptoms of mania or hypomania or any psychiatric admission before. In the first mental status examination, the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score was 33. On the twenty-eighth day of the hospitalization, the patient was discharged with the treatment of olanzapine 20 mg/day and clonazepam 0.5 mg/day since her YMRS score improved to 14. In spite of the fact that the core components of varenicline associated mania stay subtle, the present case report features the significance of monitoring for potential adverse reactions with the use of varenicline in patients with a history of depression, particularly when utilized in combination with antidepressants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between weight and body mass index (BMI) changes in smokers during 1 year. Between June 1, 2012 and June 1, 2013, 460 individuals who applied to Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine Family Medicine Smoking Cessation Policlinic were interviewed by telephone, and a structured interview was conducted. Participants were asked about their current smoking status and weight. Exercise and diet suggestions were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale to determine how well participants followed the suggestions. The data obtained were compared with anthropometric data from the patient's first visit to the outpatient clinic. Demographic data, social data, and smoking characteristics of the subjects (pack/year, Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test [FNDT] scores) were examined with weight changes as independent variables. Overall, 100 cases (21.7%) did not smoke after one year, and 145 recurrent cases (31.7%) did not smoke for a mean of 4.21±4.14 months. Women who quit smoking were more likely to comply with exercise recommendations than others (F=2.875, p=0.015). Women who quit smoking gained 3.77±2.6 kg and their BMI increased by 1.33±1.9 kg/m2. Men who quit smoking gained 5.03±3.2 kg in one year, and their BMI increased by 1.52±1.7 kg/m2. It was observed that men who quit smoking gained more weight than women did (F=2.102, p<0.001). Our subjects gained weight within a year after quitting smoking. Detailed studies are needed to investigate weight gain after smoking cessation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nicotine addiction is a dangerous health problem that causes illness and death worldwide. In this study, we aimed to determine the factors affecting successful smoking cessation in patients who attended a smoking cessation clinic and received pharmacotherapy with cognitive behavioral intervention. Successful smoking cessation was defined as quitting smoking for six months. Data on sociodemographic and smoking characteristics were collected from 102 patients who attended the clinic between November 2017 and February 2018 and met the inclusion criteria, including moderate to high nicotine dependency. The rate of smoking cessation was found to be 65.7% at the three-month follow-up and 47.1% at the six-month follow-up. Those who quit smoking were more likely to be older than those who did not. Working in a smoking environment was found to have a negative effect on quitting. Quit rates were significantly associated with receiving pharmacological treatment for sufficient time and the number of control interviews (p<0.05). Relapse rates at the one-year follow-up found that 11.8% and 35.3% of the patients, respectively, did not return to smoking. There was no statistically significant difference in the six-month smoking cessation rate and one-year relapse rates between Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and non-NRT treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The population of this study, which was conducted with people who applied to a smoking cessation clinic, consisted of the individuals who applied to Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Mengücek Gazi Training and Research Hospital Smoking Cessation Clinic for smoking cessation. The sample of the study consisted of 126 individuals. In the study, an information form was used to obtain data from the sample. SPSS 23 packaged software was used to analyze the data, and nonparametric tests were preferred for data analysis. The number of factors that cause smoking cessation is more than twice the number of factors that cause smoking initiation. It was determined that health and economic reasons were effective among the reasons for smoking cessation, and being unable to cope with enthusiasm, curiosity, and stress were the most important reasons for smoking initiation. The desire of smokers to smoke is increasing, especially after meals, under stress, and while drinking tea or coffee. Even if individuals quit smoking, the success of smoking cessation decreases over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological dependence on nicotine on smoking desire and nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed between April 2018 and August 2018 at the Chest Diseases Clinic Smoking Cessation Polyclinic. Sociodemographic data form, Assessment of Psychological Dependence of Smoking Test (APDST) and Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test (FNBT) were administered to nicotine addicts who agreed to participate in the study. Carbon monoxide was measured in the expiratory air and the nicotine withdrawal symptoms during smoking cessation were questioned. On the day of admission, after three hours of nicotine withdrawal, the Smoking Urge Scale (SUS) was administered. Results: Of the 130 patients included in the study, 48 were female (37.69%) and 82 were male (63.07%). The mean age of all cases was 38.91 ± 11.30 years and the age distribution of the first experience of smoking was similar (p = 0.405). The two most common symptoms of nicotine withdrawal were excessive smoking desire with 66.15% and irritability & anger with 58.46%. A positive, moderate linear relationship was found between APDST and SUS (r = 0.545, p <0.001). There was a moderate correlation between excessive smoking desire, one of nicotine withdrawal symptoms and SUS (r = 0.466, p <0.001). Conclusion: Although damages due to smoking are known, quitting smoking is a very difficult process. With the use of APDST and SUS in smoking cessation clinics, patients with a high desire for smoking can be identified at an early stage, and additional pharmacological and behavioral treatment methods can be selected to increase the success of treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cigarette smoking is estimated to increase to eight million deaths due to smoking in the world by 2030 when it is estimated that the current trends continue. E-cigarettes are encouraged products as an alternative to help reduce or completely quit the use of conventional cigarettes; however, the extent to which it affects smoking cessation has not yet been clearly established. E-cigarettes mimic the conventional form of smoking because they are consumed by inhalation, although they do not contain tobacco and combustion processes. In the studies, E-cigarette users; it is reported that they prefer E-cigarettes because they help to quit conventional cigarettes, reduce the consumption and cost of conditional cigarettes, use it in places where smoking is prohibited and be less harmful than conditional cigarettes. In E-cigarettes, there are various amounts of chemical agents in liquids used to generate steam, and manufacturers do not have sufficient knowledge of the interaction and safety of these chemicals. It was determined that the vegetable glycerin and propylene glycerol in E-cigarettes were degraded at high temperatures. With the breathing of the user, the liquid composition in the E-cigarette vaporizes by heating. This heating phase can turn into toxic components in the inhalation of E-cigarette vapor by causing physical changes and chemical reactions. The role of E-cigarettes in smoking cessation due to its health effects and yet unknown aspects is one of the topics frequently discussed by experts. Due to the widespread use of E-cigarettes, the latest form of new generation tobacco use both in our country and in the world, it is necessary to increase awareness and knowledge of nurses on this issue and in addition to have sufficient information about the usage results of E-cigarettes in quitting conventional cigarettes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sigara yıkıcı biyopsikososyal etkileri olabilen, en yaygın bağımlılıklardan birisidir. Sigarayı bırakmada ilaç tedavisi ve psikoterapiden yararlanılır. Bu psikoterapi yaklaşımlarından birisi olan kabul ve kararlılık terapisine göre kendi başına olumsuz duygulanım ve yoksunluk belirtileri değil, bu belirtilere esnek olmayan ve kaçıngan yanıt, sigarayı bırakma oranlarını belirlemektedir. Kabul ve Kararlılık Terapisinde, sigara kullanımında gözlenen içsel uyaranlardan kaçınma ve beraberinde katı bir çerçevede tepki verme eğilimi hedef alınıp başarılı sonuçlara ulaşılmıştır. Bu yazıda, 35 yıllık aralıksız sigara içme öyküsü olan ve sigara bırakma istemiyle psikiyatri polikliniğine başvuran bir bireyde, kabul ve kararlılık terapisi’nin uygulanım basamakları ve sonuçları ortaya konacaktır.

Objective: Smoking remains to be the major preventable cause of early mortality and morbidity. The purpose o f this study is to evaluate the referrals to smoking cessation polyclinic in Muğla between the years o f2015-2016. Material and Method: The target population of the descriptive and retrospective study where surveillance data was analyzed was constituted by 1205 people who applied to Smoking Cessation Polyclinic in Muğla between the years o f 2015 and 2016. The data was analyzed through SPSS 20.0 program. Results: 70A% of the applicants were male, 29.6% were fem ale and the mean o f age were 39.93±12.09. The mean smoking time were 21.50±12.62 package per year. Statistically significant factors included application number (3 and above), varenicline treatment and occupational status (sensitive and attentive jobs). Conclusion: In conclusion, the first-line tobacco control takes an important place in the control in tobacco our country. For a successful tobacco control, Smoking Cessation Polyclinic and Comm unity and Family Health Centers must work coordinately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between nicotine addiction levels and some variables like; exhaled carbon monoxide level, the number of cigarettes smoked daily, the age to start smoking, years of smoking and some demographic characteristics in patients applied to our smoking cessation unit. Materials and Methods: The study included 415 cases admitted between January and April -2015. SPSS software version 15.0 was used for statistical analysis. Descriptive analyses and Chi-square test were performed. Pearson correlation analysis and Spearman correlation analysis were performed in parametric and non-parametric data, respectively. Results: Of the 243 male and 172 female cases, 214 were living in the same house with smokers. The mean ages of beginning to smoke were; 18.56±5.4 in female, 16±5.08 in male the difference being significant (p<0.001). The average number of cigarettes smoked per day was 25.39 ± 11.47 in males and 21.01 ± 8.95 in females, 24.74 ± 10.78 in employed smoker, and 22.17 ± 10.47 in unemployed ones, and the difference between these two groups was statistically significant with t-test (respectively p <0.001, p = 0.007). Mean Fagerström test for nicotine dependence level was 5.64±2.59 and mean exhaled carbon monoxide level was 7.82±5.16. There was no significant correlation between education levels (r=0.123p=0.07). There was a positive correlation between the number of cigarettes smoked per day and Fagerström score (r=0.618, p=0.0001). There was a positive correlation between cigarettes smoked per day and exhaled carbon monoxide level (r=0.222, p=0.001). Also exhaled carbon monoxide level and Fagertröm score had a positive correlation (r=0.338, p=0.001). The FTND was found to be 6 and over in 54.73 % of male and 60.47% of female smokers, but this difference was not statistically significant by chisquare test. Conclusion: Identification of factors affecting nicotine dependence is important in tobacco control. Further research is needed to determine the effects of demographic features and smoking related variables and to find out the differences in our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between cigarette addiction and socio-demographic characteristics and depression in patients who applied smoking cessation outpatient clinics. Method: This retrospective study included 2119 patients who applied to Smoking Cessation Outpatient Clinic from March 2015 to November 2016. The socio-demographic characteristics of patients who were tested out Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and Beck Depression Scale, were examined. The relationship between nicotine dependence and socio-demographic characteristics and depression of patients was examined. Results: 1468 (69.3%) of the patients were male and 651 (30.7%) were female. In our study, it was observed that gender, marital status, educational status, occupational status, family smoking status had no significant effect on FTND score. The nicotine addiction level in the "20" age group was significantly lower than the "41-50" and "51-60" age groups (p<0.005 for each). The nicotine addiction of alcohol users was found to be higher (p=0.011). As nicotine addiction increased, depression levels were significantly increased (p<0.001). Conclusion: Nicotine addiction was found to be related to alcohol and depression. In the struggle against nicotine addiction, patients should be evaluated with bio-psychosocial approach. In smoking cessation programs, especially young population should be targeted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The presence of psychiatric disorder is not obstacle for the treatment to quit smoking; however this treatment is not preferred among primary purposes in these patients. We aimed to investigate use of tobacco, whether asked their smoking habit by a psychiatrist, the request of patients who smoke to quit smoking, whether they can get help from the psychiatric outpatient clinic of knowledge about smoking cessation and "Addiction and Treatment of Smoking" training of the psychiatrists effects on query of smoking status. Methods: This study was conducted at Outpatient Clinic of the Beyhekim Department of Psychiatry at Konya Education and Research Hospital between June and July 2013. Five-item questionnaire was administered to all participants after the examination in the first phase.. The outpatient clinic doctors were not informed about the questionnaire during examination because of alteration their interrogation of smoking. In September 2013, "Addiction and Treatment of Smoking" training were given to the psychiatrists doctors working in this study. In the second phase of this study, same questionnaire was administrated to patients of these trained doctors.. Results: 51.1% of participants were smokers. In the first phase of the study, doctors from the 18.3% (n= 40) and 53.5% (n = 95) in the second phase had questioned smoking of patients. After training seminar the rate to question of doctors had significantly increased (p<0.001). %37.9 of participants (n=69) wanted to quit smoking. %46.9 of participants (n=186) knew that they can get help from the psychiatric outpatient clinic for smoking cessation. Conclusion: "Chance to get rid of smoking addiction" should be offered to patients in psychiatric outpatient clinics. Working to increase the knowledge of psychiatrics on this subject should be made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amaç: Bu çalışmada bir sigara bırakma polikliniğinin ilk verilerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem:; 2009-2010 yılları arasında Konya Numune hastanesinde sigara bıraktırma polikliniğine, sigarayı kendi kendine bıraktıktan sonra sigara içiciliğine yeniden başlamamak için yardım isteyen 8 kadın, 17 erkekten oluşan toplam 25 sigara içicisinin bir yıllık takip sonuçları retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: 25 olgunun ilk bir ay içerisinde yardım istediği belirlenmiştir. Sigara bırakımı akabinde bu olgularda sıklık sırasına göre aşırı sinirlilik, oral aft, kabızlık, kilo alma yakınmalarının ortay a çıktığı bildirilmiştir. Hiçbir olguya nikotin yerine koyma tedavisi verilmemiş ve 20 olguya serotonin geri alım inhibitörü başlanmıştır. Bir yıllık takip periyodunda olgulardan 9’u yeniden sigara içmeye başlarken, 16’sında sigara bırakmışlığın devamlılığı sağlanabilmiştir. Sonuç: Kendi kendine sigarayı bırakan kişilerin yeniden sigara içmemek için yardım istediğinde, erken dönemde kendilerine yapılan motivasyonel ve/veya farmakoterapi, sigara bırakmışlığın süregenliğinde büyük önem taşımaktadır.

Smoking is one of the most common addictions with devastating biopsychosocial consequences. Both medical treatment and pschotherapy are utilized in smoking cessation. Acceptance and commitment therapy holds the notion that smoking cessation rates are determined not so much by the negative affect and withdrawal symptoms per se, but by the avoidant and inflexible responding style. Acceptance and commitment therapy, through targeting the avoidance of internal stimuli and concomitant inflexible responding pattern, has yielded successful results.This article presents application of acceptance and commitment therapy step by step to a chronic smoker who quitted smoking at the end of therapy sessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: It was aimed to evaluate of effect smoking cessation on the respiratory functions in this study. Methods: One hundred four patients who applied to smoking cessation clinic of Family Medicine Department in Selcuk University, and who didn't smoke for three months after treatment were included in the study. The patients were recorded to age, sex, marital status, work, CO parameters, The Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Point, Beck Depression Inventory Points, pulmonary function in the first examination time and three months after smoking cessation. SPSS 16.0 programe was used to statistical analyze. Results: The patient's mean age was 43.51±10.86 (min=20, max=64). Women were 14.4% (n=15), men were 85.6% (n=89) of the participants. Although FEV1 value in the first examination time of patients were 89.76±18.42, FEV1 value in three months were 92.70±17.61 and this value was significantly higher (p=0.002). Although PEF value in the first examination time of patients were 74.68±23.15, PEF value in three months were 87.63±22.36 and PEF value of three months was higher as statistically significantly (p=0.000). While FEF25-75 value in the first examination time of patients were 77.48±27.10, FEF25-75 value in three months 81.72±26.74 and FEF25-75 value of three months was significantly higher (p=0.013). Conclusion: In our study we determined positive improvement in the 3th months pulmonary function tests after quitting smoking. and this improvement supports patient's sustaining phase and patient's motivation in smoking cessation stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine smoking habits, levels of nicotine dependence, thoughts about smoking and smoking cessation of workers. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted by volunteer 200 workers from cement and sugar factories in 2014 Çorum. The data was collected through a 40-item questionnaire form questioning smoking habits, thoughts about smoking and cessation of workers. To determine nicotine dependence Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test was used. Results: Among workers, smoking prevalence was 38.0%, the mean age to start smoking was 18.82 ± 4.01 years. The rate of smoking during the 11 and over years was 88.2% and smoking 11 cigarettes in a day was 60.5%. In addition, the rate of smokers regret for smoking was 93.4% while the rate of want to quit smoking was 63.2%, attempts to quit smoking was 68.4. A significant proportion of smokers were concerned about the deterioration of their health. Despite the high awareness among smokers, thoughts preventing to quit smoking were found to be commonly. The 29.0% of the workers were low, 3.9% of were moderate and 67.1% of were high level of addicted to nicotine. Workers dependency levels varied significantly depending on the number of cigarettes consumed in a day (p=0.004). The proportion of workers took recommendations from health care personnel about smoking cessation was low. Almost none of the workers had never been trained in smoking cessation. Conclusion: In this study, the rate of smoking and nicotine dependence levels in factory workers were found to be high. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE: This study explored the opinions of a group of high school students in Ankara on the pictorial warnings on cigarette packages. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 294 students studying ninth, tenth and eleventh classes of a high school in Ankara were included. The students were shown 14 different warnings, and asked to record whether they considered each to be 'not effective', 'could be effective' or 'highly effective' in encouraging people to quit smoking. RESULTS: In general, the pictorial warnings did not prove to be very effective. They were deemed 'not effective' by 33-81% of students, whereas only 2.4-37.4% marked the various warnings as 'highly effective'. The two pictures marked as least effective included "get help to stop smoking" and "your doctor or your pharmacist can help you stop smoking". The figures judged as highly effective included the picture on impotence (37.4%), "smoking when pregnant harms your baby" (2 6.2%) and "smoking causes fatal lung cancer" (24.8%). Male students considered the warning about impotence to be more effective than females, and conversely, female students considered the warning about pregnancy to be more effective than males. CONCLUSION: The deterrents on cigarette packages were judged by students to be generally ineffective, highlighting the need for their replacement with more effective warnings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To determine the smoking cessation rates of outpatients with cardiopulmonary disease and the differences between non-cardiopulmonary diseases. Methods: Two hundred and two active smokers with comorbid diseases were prospectively evaluated between September 2004 and January 2008 in this observational study. All of the patients answered Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence with a regular questionnaire of general characteristics. Behavioral counseling therapies were administered to all of the subjects. Nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion or combination therapies were the pharmacological therapies after running the baseline spirometry and carbon monoxide oximetry tests. Subjects were classified as patients with cardiopulmonary disease (124) and non-cardiopulmonary diseases (78), based on medical history. Student t and Chisquare tests were used for statistical analyses. Results: The age of smoking was similar but total amount of smoked tobacco was higher (p<0.05) in the cardiopulmonary diseases group. In this group, the main smoking cessation reason was the existing disease (51%) (p<0.05). There was no other significant difference between two groups including treatment protocols. The smoking cessation rates were less (40%) with high relapses (12%) in cardiopulmonary diseases group (p<0.01 and p=0.01 respectively). In the subgroup analysis, treatment procedures were equivalent (p>0.05). Conclusion: Results of this analysis confirm that, tobacco dependence is still a severe but necessary condition for the patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. Additionally neither of the treatment protocols was superior to the others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smoking which is estimated to have caused around 4.2 million deaths in a year, is an important public health problem all around the world. The smoking cessation rates 80% at beginning and it's decrease to 15-29% at the end of first year with in smoking cessation clinic and tobacco control methods. In this study we aimed to determinate that the risk factors for relaps after smoking cessation at first admission to smoking cessation clinic. Material and Methods: We examine that the relationship between demographic properties and factors affecting restarted smoking (relaps) in 707 patients who admitted to smoking cessation clinic in Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Hospital between 2004-2006. Results: 454 patients (64.2%) were quitted smoking, 253 patients (35.8%) couldn't quit smoking. 152 (%33.5) of 454 patients who were quitted smoking in this series, restarted smoking (relaps) again. There were relations between relaps and female sex, the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) score, subject who wanted to use nicotine replasman therapy (p< 0.05). There were no affect between relaps and age, initial age, regular smoking age, marital status, duration of smoking, number of daily cigarette, education level, any smoker in the family (p> 0.05). Conclusion: We suggest that to determinate that the risk factors for relaps after smoking cessation is more help full for to struggle with smoking at first admission to smoking cessation clinics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]