| UICC GLOBALink Presents... |
|
The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 22 Smoking and tobacco cessation |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| | globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| | 10.8 million of the nation's 46 million smokers participated in the American Cancer |
| | Society's Great American Smokeout in 1992. Of these, 3.3 million stopped for 24 |
| | hours, and 1.5 million were still not smoking 5 days later. |
| | SCARC, November 5, 1993 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | During the 1993 Great American Smokeout, an estimated 2.4 million smokers (6%) |
| | reported quitting for at least a day, and 6.0 million (15%) reduced the number of |
| | cigarettes smoked on that day. |
| | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 4, 1994, p. 785 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | At the 1996 Great American Smokeout, 6% of smokers quit at least for the day, and |
| | 20% reduced smoking. |
| | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 19, 1997, p. 869 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | The 1996 Great American Smokeout was associated with helping an estimated 7400 |
| | persons quit smoking. |
| | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 7, 1997, p. 1037 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | In a 1992 Gallup poll, two thirds of adolescent smokers reported that they wanted to |
| | quit, and 70% indicated that they would not have started smoking if they could choose |
| | again. |
| | JAMA, December 7, 1994, p. 1649 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | Among smokers who stop the habit, almost half who stayed off cigarettes for two |
| | weeks were able to successfully quit for at least six months. On the other hand, for |
| | those who smoked even a single puff during the critical first two weeks, 90% were |
| | back to smoking full time after six months. |
| | American Medical News, March 14, 1994 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| | Thursday, July 06, 2000 | Page 3 of 25 |
| | globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
Last page of this chapter Copyright (©) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink |