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Support for Patients Who Have Difficulty Quitting Smoking: A Review

Maki Komiyama, Yuko Takahashi, Hiroki Tateno, Masahiro Mori, Naoko Nagayoshi, Yonehara Hisae, Naoko Nakasa, Yuko Haruki, Koji Hasegawa

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Smoking cessation plays a crucial role in reducing preventable morbidity and mortality. However, some smokers find smoking cessation difficult, despite receiving treatment. This includes heavy smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers with a psychiatric disorder, and female and underage smokers. This review article describes smoking cessation approaches for patients who find it difficult to quit smoking.

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Smoking cessation plays a crucial role in reducing preventable morbidity and mortality. However, some smokers find smoking cessation difficult, despite receiving treatment. This includes heavy smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers with a psychiatric disorder, and female and underage smokers. This review article describes smoking cessation approaches for patients who find it difficult to quit smoking.

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Smoking cessation plays a crucial role in reducing preventable morbidity and mortality. However, some smokers find smoking cessation difficult, despite receiving treatment. This includes heavy smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers with a psychiatric disorder, and female and underage smokers. This review article describes smoking cessation approaches for patients who find it difficult to quit smoking.

Key concepts: Medicine, Smoking cessation, Pulmonary disease, Psychiatry, Quit smoking, Smoking epidemiology, Disease, Intensive care medicine

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