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    Smoking Cessation in Adolescents According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than forty million Americans smoke or use some type of tobacco product. Many adult tobacco user admit they starting using tobacco while in their teens. Many adolescents who are currently smoking will continue into adulthood if the appropriate interventions are not applied, i.e smoking cessation education, age appropriate programs along with smoking cessation products. Currently there are very

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    Tobacco use in adults: Nurse’s engagement in tobacco cessation According to the Healthy People 2020, each year, approximately 480,000 Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses. Further, more than 16 million Americans suffer from at least one disease caused by smoking. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). The effect of cigarette smoking is alarming. Use of tobacco in the form of smoking is not only dangerous to the one who is smoking but also to a non-smoker. Tobacco harms a human

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    Smoking cessation is can be define a process of quitting smoking tobacco produces. There are many ways and product in today society that can help smoker quit the habit of smoking. These produces are often called smoking cessation products. These produces are medicines that help people stop smoking or using other form of tobacco. Smoking cessation can improve one’s health in increasing their chance of not getting COPD, cancer and decrease one’s social life or life span. Smoking is one of the main

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    Smoking is an addiction that can risk one’s health, which in turn can lead to death. As time advances, both smokers and non-smokers are beginning to understand the harm in this deadly habit because not only does it harm smokers, it can impact anyone who encounters the smoke second-hand. Since the public has become aware of the health risks induced by smoking, cessation tools such as nicotine replacement therapy are being invented to help terminate the desire to smoke. As technology improves, smoking

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    and Non­Pharmacologic Smoking Cessation Methods”. The main objective of her research was to review both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic smoking cessation methods, the success rate, mechanism of action and the cost and understand the hazard of smoking and the benefits of quitting. She has also discussed the difficulties faced by an individual when they stop smoking and what makes it so hard to stop. Smoking a cigarette can lead to many health hazards and could cause smoking related diseases such

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    Smoking Cessation Program in New Zealand: Smoke-free 2025 Introduction Tobacco smoke is immensely harmful to one’s health. Cigarettes contain about 600 ingredients, when this burned can generate 7,000 chemicals according to American Lung Association Many ad campaigns and literatures have been published on the detriments of smoking. Medical reports further shows that half of all long-term smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. This unhealthy practice must be addressed by the government to

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    (NiX) COMPARED TO PLACEBO FOR SMOKING CESSATION Product: NiX Protocol Number: A6012890 US IND Number: 76, 224 Development Phase: II Created by: Manoj Amaraneni 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Indication NiX is indicated as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. 1.2 Background and Rationale Currently, about half of the 1 billion people smoking will eventually die from smoking related diseases1. Less than 5%

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    According to the CDC guidelines, promoting smoking cessation is the most important component of a comprehensive state tobacco control agenda to reduce tobacco use. Smokers who quit at any age can prevent most of the risk of smoking related diseases including death, and has an immediate and long-term health benefit. Evidence-based research shows that statewide tobacco control programs that are comprehensive, sustained, and accountable have reduce smoking rates, as well as tobacco-related diseases

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    Effective Smoking Cessation Tool or A New Way for Children to be Introduced to Nicotine? Why We Need E-Cigarette Health Policy. Jennifer A. Sibley, RN, BSN University of Florida   Effective Smoking Cessation Tool or A New Way for Children to be Introduced to Nicotine? Why We Need E-Cigarette Health Policy. Background and Significance Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, were invented in 2004 by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik following his father’s death from lung cancer (CASAA

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    Our group chose a research question stating what are the interventions to promote smoking cessations among teenagers. I chose to search the topic through the Chamberlain library database instead of using Google. The database I used from the Chamberlain library is EBSCO Databases – Main Search Page. The terms that I used to search for my article is smoking cessation and adolescent and United States. I wanted to retrieve an article that is not only relevant to the research question, but is able to

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