Smoking cessation | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-27

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_cessation


00:02:26 1 Methods
00:04:26 1.1 Unassisted
00:06:07 1.1.1 Cold turkey
00:07:09 1.2 Medications
00:14:22 1.3 Cut down to quit
00:15:23 1.4 Set a Quit Plan and Quit Date
00:16:06 1.5 Community interventions
00:18:36 1.6 Psychosocial approaches
00:22:19 1.6.1 Self-help
00:25:42 1.6.2 Biochemical feedback
00:28:24 1.6.3 Competitions and incentives
00:29:27 1.7 Healthcare systems
00:33:45 1.8 Substitutes for cigarettes
00:35:19 1.9 Alternative approaches
00:38:47 2 Special populations
00:39:12 2.1 Children and adolescents
00:40:26 2.2 Pregnant women
00:42:02 2.3 Schizophrenia
00:42:38 2.4 Workers
00:43:16 2.5 Hospitalized smokers
00:44:07 2.6 Mood disorders
00:44:28 2.7 Homeless and poverty
00:46:34 2.8 People living with HIV/AIDS
00:47:02 3 Comparison of success rates
00:48:12 4 Factors affecting success
00:51:37 5 Side effects
00:51:47 5.1 Symptoms
00:52:45 5.2 Weight gain
00:54:14 5.3 Depression
00:55:10 5.4 Anxiety
00:55:35 6 Health benefits
00:59:00 7 Cost-effectiveness
01:00:34 8 Statistical trends
01:01:47 9 See also
01:01:57 10 Bibliography
01:02:06 11 Further reading
01:02:16 12 External links



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Smoking cessation (also known as quitting smoking or simply quitting) is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is addictive and can cause dependence. Nicotine withdrawal makes the process of quitting often difficult.Seventy percent of smokers would like to quit smoking, and 50 percent report attempting to quit within the past year.  Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. Tobacco cessation significantly reduces the risk of dying from tobacco-related diseases such as coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. Due to its link to many chronic diseases, cigarette smoking has been restricted in many public areas.
Many different strategies can be used for smoking cessation, including abruptly quitting without assistance ("cold turkey"), cutting down then quitting, behavioral counseling, and medications such as bupropion, cytisine, nicotine replacement therapy, or varenicline. Most smokers who try to quit do so without assistance, though only 3% to 6% of quit attempts without assistance are successful long-term. Behavioral counseling and medications each increase the rate of successfully quitting smoking, and a combination of behavioral counseling with a medication such as bupropion is more effective than either intervention alone. A meta-analysis from 2018, conducted on 61 RCT, showed that one year after people quit smoking with the assistance of first line smoking cessation medications (and some behavioral help), only approximately 20% of them sustained abstinent, as compared to around 12% who did not take medication.
In nicotine-dependent smokers, quitting smoking can lead to symptoms of nicotine withdrawal such as nicotine cravings, anxiety, irritability, depression, and weight gain. Professional smoking cessation support methods generally attempt to address nicotine withdrawal symptoms to help the client break free of nicotine addiction.