Smoking cessation and changes in body mass index: Findings from the first randomized cessation trial in a low-income country setting

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 351-356

  Taleb, Ziyad Ben ^a   Ward, Kenneth D ^b,c   Asfar, Taghrid ^c,d   Jaber, Rana ^a   Bahelah, Raed ^a   Maziak, Wasim ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COUNSELING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTINE GUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SMOKING CESSATION; SYRIA; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016225089     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw223     Document Type: Article

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