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Aug 12, 10 01:51AMThe purpose of this study is to determine if an assessment protocol that measures the need for support with smoking cessation and that will be administered by primary health care nurses helps patients with obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) quit smoking.Location: 200 primary health care centers across Stockhol... Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 03:08AMWould you like to quit smoking? Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is launching a new study that may be able to help. Participants who enroll in this study will be randomly assigned by computer (like flipping a coin) to one of two online programs. The goal of this study is to learn which of these programs is the most effective at helping people stop smokin...Location: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 05:21AMThere is a strong association between smoking and schizophrenia with prevalence rates ranging from 74% to 90%, versus a national average of 30% in nonschizophrenic individuals. A number of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the relationship between high smoking rates and schizophrenia, mostly relating to self-medication primarily for the negative symptoms of schizo...Location: University of Minnesota, University of Minnesot... Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 05:48AMThe emergency department (ED) serves a vital and growing role in the US health care system, responsible for both the delivery of emergent medical care and for safety-net care for populations without traditional access to health services. Uninsured populations rely significantly on the safety-net services of the ED. Between 2000-2005 the number of uninsured Americans inc...Location: Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Emergenc... Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 06:07AMAmerican Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have the highest smoking rates of the major racial/ethnic groups in the United States, approaching 40% to 50%.1-3 In addition, this underserved population has very low smoking cessation and abstinence rates. The smoking-attributable mortality rate of AI/ANs is not only the highest but double that of other ethnic groups.4 To da...Location: University of Kansas Medical Center Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 06:19AMThe purpose of this study is to determine whether subjects following a high protein diet will gain less in weight after smoking cessation compared to subjects following a low fat diet due to the effects of dietary protein on resting metabolic rate and hunger.Location: Department of Preventive Cardiology Status: Active, not recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 04:19AMThis study will test the effects of an educational program about genetics and smoking on smokers' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors before and after participating in smoking cessation treatment. This includes describing participants' knowledge about genetics and smoking, their use of strategies to stop smoking, and experiences when quitting smoking. This study will deter...Location: University of Nebraska Medical Center Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Sep 03, 10 09:10AMThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the spirometric results information advice about the smoking habit the investigators designed an intervention trial in primary care. Hypothesis: In adult smokers, smoking cessation advice combined with a discussion of the spirometric tests on the part of the practitioner achieves a higher rate of tobacco ...Location: Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation Status: Active, not recruiting» Read more
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Sep 22, 10 09:10AMThe proposed study tests the efficacy of using pager-assisted messages combined with nicotine patches in facilitating smoking cessation and relapse prevention in a 2-arm randomized clinical trial. The hypothesis is that the proportion of biochemically-verified quitters at 3 and 12 months in the study arm randomized to receive therapeutic messages on alphanumeric pagers f...Location: San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center Status: Completed» Read more
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Mar 09, 11 07:00AMThis study proposes a novel behavioral intervention to help smokers in Thailand to achieve their goals of quitting. Smoking treatment programs are rare throughout most of Asia and unlikely to meet the impending demand for quitting that tobacco control regulations is stimulating. New approaches are needed. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to test the ef...Location: Srinakharinwirot University Status: Recruiting» Read more
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