Background Measuring self-reported experience of health and functioning is important for
understanding the changes in the health status of individuals switching from cigarettes to …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to understand the experience of smokers in view of
unsuccessful attempts to quit smoking. METHOD This study is based on social …

Objective: To understand what factors motivate people to reduce or stop tobacco use and
what difficulties they face in this process. Method: Qualitative, empirical and interpretative …

Background Smoking is highly prevalent in Pakistan claiming the lives of over 100,000
individuals every year. A significant proportion of smokers (24.7%) make an attempt to quit …

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 …

Introduction People with diabetes smoke at similar rates as those without diabetes, with
cardiovascular consequences. Smoking cessation rates were compared between people …

Smoking and tobacco use present significant public health challenges due to their
association with high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Despite reductions in smoking …

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 …

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to understand the experience of smokers in view of
unsuccessful attempts to quit smoking. METHOD This study is based on social …

Introduction Hardcore smokers are smokers who have little to no intention to quit. Previous
research suggests that there are distinct subgroups among hardcore smokers and that these …