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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 KIQNIC Project Update » The KIQNIC project has produced a new publication in the journal Health Care Management Review . The article, "Network f...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Helping smokers with depression to quit smoking: collaborative care with quitline » Catherine J Segan, Ron Borland, Kay A Wilhelm, Sunil S Bhar, Ainslie T Hannan, David R Dunt and Ian T Ferretter ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Comparison of Serum Cotinine Concentration within and across Smokers of Menthol and Nonmenthol Cig. » Ralph S. Caraballo , David B. Holiday, Steven D. Stellman, Paul D. Mowery, Gary A. Giovino, Joshua E. Muscat,&nb...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Menthol should not be given a free pass based on studies of biomarkers of toxicity » Pamela I. Clark and Phillip Gardiner "Exposure and toxicity studies comparing menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes have re...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 The Influence of Smokers' Degree of Dependence on the Effectiveness of Message Framing » Szklo AS, Coutinho ES. Addict Behav. 2010 Jun;35(6):620-4. Epub 2010 Feb 1. This study examined differences between two...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Increasing Consumer Demand Among Medicaid Enrollees for Tobacco Dependence Treatment » Keller PA, Christiansen B, Kim S-Y, Piper ME, Redmond L, Adsit R, Fiore MC. Am J Health Promot 2011;25(6):392–395. This...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness of Two Nicotine Replacement Treatment Delivery Models for a Quitline » Saul JE, Lien R, Schillo B, Kavanaugh A, Wendling A, Luxenberg M, Greenseid L, An LC. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 201...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Smoking Cessation Support Delivered via Mobile Phone Text Messaging (txt2stop) » Free C, Knight R, Robertson S, Whittaker R, Edwards P, Zhou W, Rodgers A, Cairns J, Kenward M, Roberts I. Lancet. 2011 Jul...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 KIQNIC Survey in Full Swing - What's the #1 FAQ? » Decision-makers for North America's quitlines are currently completing the third annual Knowledge Integration in Quitlines...
Thursday, July 7, 2011 Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phone text messaging (txt2stop) » Dr Caroline Free PhD a , Rosemary Knight RGN a , Steven Robertson B...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Smoking Cessation Quitlines in Europe: Matching Services to Callers' Characteristics » Willemsen MC, van der Meer RM, Schippers GM. BMC Public Health. 2010 Dec 18;10:770. This study examined how seven Europea...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Cigarette Package Health Warnings and Interest in Quitting Smoking --- 14 Countries, 2008--2010 » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Weekly. May 27, 2011 / 60(20);645-651. This report was the first to includ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Smoking Cessation in Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses: The Experience of Successful Quitters » Dickerson F, Bennett M, Dixon L, Burke E, Vaughan C, Delahanty J, Diclemente C. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2011 Spring;34(4):311...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Smoking Reduction for Persons with Mental Illnesses: 6-Month Results from Community-Based Intr. » Morris CD, Waxmonsky JA, May MG, Tinkelman DG, Dickinson M, Giese AA. Community Ment Health J. 2011 May 10. [Epub ahead of...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Quitline Utilization Rates of African-American and White Smokers: the California Experience » Zhu SH, Gardiner P, Cummins S, Anderson C, Wong S, Cowling D, Gamst A. Am J Health Promot. 2011 May-Jun;25(5 Suppl):S51-8....
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Rates and Reasons: Disparities in Low Intentions to Use a State Smoking Cessation Quitline » Burns EK, Deaton EA, Levinson AH. Am J Health Promot. 2011 May-Jun;25(5 Suppl):S59-65. This study analyzed data from...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Understanding the Barriers to Use of Free, Proactive Telephone Counseling for Tobacco Dependence » Sheffer CE, Brackman SL, Cottoms N, Olsen M. Qual Health Res. 2011 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print] This study examined wha...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Does Offering More Support Calls to Smokers Influence Quit Success? » Carlin-Menter, S; Cummings, KM; Celestino, P; Hyland, A; Mahoney, M; Willett, J; Juster, H. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Effectiveness of a Mood Management Component as an Adjunct to Telephone Counselling » van der Meer RM, Willemsen MC, Smit F, Cuijpers P, Schippers GM. Addiction. 2010 Nov;105(11):1991-9. Epub 2010 Aug 24....
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Smoking Cessation: Next Steps for Special Populations Research and Innovative Treatments » Borrelli B. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology © 2010 American Psychological Association 2010, Vol. 78, No...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Awareness and Use of Tobacco Quitlines: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey » Kaufman A, Augustson E, Davisc K, Finney Rutten LJ. Journal of Health Communication, 15: S3, 264 — 278. URL: http://dx.do...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Prevalence of Heavy Smoking in California and the United States, 1965-2007 » Pierce JP, Messer K, White MM, Cowling DW, Thomas DP. JAMA. 2011;305(11):1106-1112. This study demonstrates that Califo...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Promoting Tobacco Cessation via the Workplace: Opportunities for Improvement » Hughes MC, Yette EM, Hannon PA, Harris JR, Tran NM, Reid TR. Tob Control. 2011 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print] This study...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Quitline Networking Between the US and Canada: The Ties That Bind » Findings from the 2009 KIQNIC survey show that there are two distinct sub-networks within the North American quitline comm...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 KIQNIC Identifies Relationship Brokers in Quitline Network » One of the analyses in the social network analysis component of KIQNIC is to calculate the betweenness centrality of the o...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Socioeconomic variation in recall and perceived effectiveness of campaign advertisements » Niederdeppe J, Farrelly MC, Nonnemaker J, Davis KC, Wagner L. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Mar;72(5):773-80. Epub 2011 Jan 27. T...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Comparative responses to radio and television anti-smoking advertisements » Durkin S, Wakefield M. Health Promot Int. 2010 Mar;25(1):5-13. Epub 2009 Oct 24. This study compared reactions to bot...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 iPhone Apps for Smoking Cessation: A Content Analysis » Abroms L, Padmanabhan N, Phillips T. Am J Prev Med 2011;40(3):279-285. This study examined the content of 47 iPhone a...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Clinician-delivered Intervention to Facilitate Tobacco Quitline Use by Surgical Patients » Warner DO, Klesges RC, Dale LC, Offord KP, Schroeder DR, Shi Y, Vickers KS, Danielson DR. Anesthesiology. 2011 Feb 10. [Ep...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Does Improved Access and Greater Choice of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Affect Smoking Cessation ... » Does Improved Access and Greater Choice of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Affect Smoking Cessation Success? Findings from a...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 KIQNIC Update » KIQNIC (Knowledge Integration in Quitlines: Networks that Improve Cessation) is a five-year research grant from the U.S....
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 A randomized trial of internet and telephone treatment for smoking cessation » Amanda L. Graham, PhD; Nathan K. Cobb, MD; George D. Papandonatos, PhD; Jose L. Moreno, MA; Hakmook Kang, MS; David G. Tin...
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...
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