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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Smoking cessation quitlines in Europe: matching services to callers' characteristics » Willemsen MC, van der Meer RM, Schippers GM. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:770doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-770. This study e...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Current major depression among smokers using a state quitline » Hebert KK, Cummins SE, Hernández S, Tedeschi GJ, Zhu SH. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jan;40(1):47-53. This study assessed curre...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Evaluation of a direct mailing campaign to increase physician awareness and utilization » Mathew M, Goldstein AO, Kramer KD, Ripley-Moffitt C, Mage C. Health Commun. 2010 Dec;15(8):840-5. This study evaluate...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Awareness and use of tobacco quitlines: evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey » Kaufman A, Augustson E, Davis K, Finney Rutten LJ. J Health Commun. 2010;15 Suppl 3:264-78. This study examined facto...
Thursday, December 9, 2010 Intervention Review: Stage-based interventions for smoking cessation » Cahill K, Lancaster T, Green N. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD004492. DOI: 10.1002/1...
Thursday, December 9, 2010 Effectiveness of adding relapse prevention materials to telephone counseling » Sheffer CE, Stitzer M, Brandon T, Bursac Z. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Jul;39(1):71-7. This study examined the effecti...
Thursday, December 9, 2010 Evaluation of a hospital-based tobacco treatment service: Outcomes and lessons learned » Faseru B, Turner M, Casey G, Ruder C, Befort CA, Ellerbeck EF, Richter KP. J Hosp Med. 2010 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print]...
Thursday, December 9, 2010 Does the Number of Free Nicotine Patches Given to Smokers Calling a Quitline Influence Quit Rates » Cummings KM, Fix BV, Celestino P, Hyland A, Mahoney M, Ossip DJ, Bauer U. BMC Public Health. 2010 Apr 7;10:181. This...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Impact on quit attempts of mailed general practitioner 'brief advice' letters ... » Impact on quit attempts of mailed general practitioner 'brief advice' letters plus nicotine replacement therapy vouchers....
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Educating smokers about their cigarettes and nicotine medications. » Bansal-Travers M, Cummings KM, Hyland A, Brown A, Celestino P. Health Educ Res. 2010 Aug;25(4):678-86. Epub 2010 Jan 11....
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults - US, 2009. » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Weekly. Nov 5, 2010;59(43):1400-1406. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mm...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Smoking Cessation Interventions Among Hispanics in the United States » Smoking Cessation Interventions Among Hispanics in the United States: A Systematic Review and Mini Meta-analysis. Webb...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Targeting African American Nonsmokers to Motivate Smokers to Quit: A Qualitative Inquiry. » Thomas JL, Scherber RM, Stewart DW, Lynam IM, Daley CM, Ahluwalia JS. Health Educ Behav. October 2010;37(5):680-693. Thi...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco-Dependence Treatments --- United States, 2009. » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). October 22, 2010;59(41):1340-134...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Increased smoker recognition of a national quitline number following introduction ... » Increased smoker recognition of a national quitline number following introduction of improved pack warnings: ITC Project N...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Smoking Characteristics of Adults With Selected Lifetime Mental Illnesses » Smoking Characteristics of Adults With Selected Lifetime Mental Illnesses: Results From the 2007 National Health Interview...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 People with mental illness can tackle tobacco. » Ashton M, Miller CL, Bowden JA, Bertossa S. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;44(11):1021-8. This study tested a smoking r...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 UPDATE on Online Social Networks and Smoking Cessation: Strategic Research Opportunities Conference » The Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies held a groundbreaking conference in Washington D.C. Septem...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Vital Signs: Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke --- United States, 1999—2008. » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Weekly. 2010, Sept. 10;59(35):1141-1146. Available online at http://ww...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Vital Signs: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years --- United States, 2009. » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Weekly. 2010 Sept. 10;59(35):1135-1140. Available online at http://www.c...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors and Chronic Diseases and Conditions » Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors and Chronic Diseases and Conditions---Steps Communities, United States, 2006—2007....
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 The Latino Digital Divide: The Native Born versus The Foreign Born. » Livingston G. Pew Hispanic Center. July 2010. Full report available at http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/123.pdf &nb...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Smoke-free Legislation and Hospitalizations for Childhood Asthma. » Mackay D, Haw S, Ayres JG, Fischbacher C, Pell JP. N Engl J Med. 2010 Sept 16;363:12. This study examined whether the ba...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Postpartum Smoking Abstinence and Smoke-Free Environments. » Ashford K, Hahn E, Hall L, Peden AR, Rayens MK. Health Promot Pract. 2010 Aug 18. This explatory study looked at predict...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Online Recruitment of Targeted Populations: Lessons Learned From a Smoking Cessation Study Among ... » Online Recruitment of Targeted Populations: Lessons Learned From a Smoking Cessation Study Among Korean Americans. McD...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 African American Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions and Practices Regarding Smoking Cessation » Balls JE, Price JH, Dake JA, Jordan TR, Khuder S. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Jul;102(7):579-89. This study examined African...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Defining "smoker": college student attitudes and related smoking characteristics. » Berg CJ, Parelkar PP, Lessard L, Escoffery C, Kegler MC, Sterling KL, Ahluwalia JS. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Sep;12(9):963-9...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Smoking identities and behavior: evidence of discrepancies, issues for measurement and intervention. » Ridner SL, Walker KL, Hart JL, Myers JA. West J Nurs Res. 2010 Jun;32(4):434-46. This study examined smoking identity an...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Effectiveness of a mood management component as an adjunct to a telephone counseling ... » Effectiveness of a mood management component as an adjunct to a telephone counseling smoking cessation intervention for sm...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Do Faxed Quitline Referrals Add Value to Dental Office-Based Tobacco-use Cessation Interventions? » Gordon JS, Andrews JA, Crews KM, Payne TJ, Severson HH, Lichtenstein E. J Am Dent Assoc. 2010 Aug;141(8):1000-7. This st...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Any Tobacco Use in 13 States - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008 » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR. 2010 Aug 6;59(30):946-950. This article can be found on the CDC website...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Impact on Quit Attempts of Mailed General Practitioner 'Brief Advice' Letters » Impact on Quit Attempts of Mailed General Practitioner 'Brief Advice' Letters Plus Nicotine Replacement Therapy Vouchers...
Thursday, September 2, 2010 Register now! Dialogue on Dissemination: A Researcher Perspective (September 28; 2-3:30 PM ET) » Disseminating evidence-based programs and policies requires that researchers, policy makers, and practitioners take active...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 QUARTERLY RESEARCH CONFERENCE CALL SERIES TO LAUNCH FALL 2010 » In response to member requests, NAQC is launching a quarterly conference call designed to provide an informal forum for di...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 NAQC Invites Comments on Proposed “MDS for Web” » In collaboration with a workgroup of members and external experts, NAQC is developing a modified version of the Minimal Da...
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