Objective: Black individuals who smoke in the United States experience significant tobacco-
related disparities. Although prior work has established that smoking abstinence …

Background Hardcore smokers are smokers who have smoked for many years and who do
not intend to quit smoking. The “hardening hypothesis” states that light smokers are more …

Objectives Hardcore smokers have smoked for many years and do not intend to quit. They
also seem unreceptive to information about smoking cessation. We developed a 30‐min …

This study examines the prevalence of and factors associated with “hardcore” use of smoked
and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products in Bangladesh and the variation in the ages people …

Background–Subgroup discovery (SGD) is the automated splitting of the data into complex
subgroups. Various SGD methods have been applied to the medical domain, but none have …

Background Hard core smokers have been studied in many countries but only a few trials
have compared the effectiveness of smoking cessation with other smokers. The objective of …

Background This is a secondary data analysis designed as a longitudinal study aimed at
investigating the effects of depression and self-esteem on daily smoking amounts among …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of hardcore smokers
who were previously hospitalized. Study design: A descriptive qualitative design was used …

Background: Tobacco control activities have mostly influenced those smokers who found it
easier to quit and, thus, remaining smokers are those who are less likely to stop smoking …

Objective: The majority of smokers are not motivated to quit within 30 days. We examined
whether these smokers are a homogeneous group, hypothesizing that subtypes of …