ArticleThorax2006
Smokers with airway obstruction are more likely to quit smoking.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Lung function improvement following smoking cessation in chronic respiratory conditions: A meta-analytic approach.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Pooled it
- An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: research questions in COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2015Pooled it
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- Spirometry and Smoking Cessation in Primary Care: The ESPIROTAB STUDY, A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a motivational intervention based on spirometry results to achieve smoking cessation in primary healthcare patients: randomised, parallel, controlled multicentre study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2021Trial
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in severe mental illness: A timely diagnosis to advance the process of quitting smoking.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2021Trial
- Early detection of COPD in general practice: patient or practice managed? A randomised controlled trial of two strategies in different socioeconomic environments.Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group · 2013Trial
- Predictors of adverse smoking outcomes in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2012Trial
- Effectiveness of a structured motivational intervention including smoking cessation advice and spirometry information in the primary care setting: the ESPITAP study.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- Motivating smokers in the hospital pulmonary function laboratory to quit smoking by use of the lung age concept.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2011Trial
- Impact of spirometry feedback and brief motivational counseling on long-term smoking outcomes: a comparison of smokers with and without lung impairment.Patient education and counseling · 2010Trial
- Impact of a brief motivational smoking cessation intervention the Get PHIT randomized controlled trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2009Trial
- Immediate and short-term impact of a brief motivational smoking intervention using a biomedical risk assessment: the Get PHIT trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2009Trial
- Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step2quit randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Trial
- Epigenetic age acceleration mediates the association between smoking and diabetes-related outcomes.Clinical epigenetics · 2023Article
- The impact of low-dose CT on smoking behavior among non-smokers, former-smokers, and smokers: A population-based screening cohort in rural China.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Air flow limitation in smokers - A cause of concern.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Barriers and Facilitators for Smoking Cessation in Chinese Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Qualitative Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022Article
- The effects of a short-term physician training on smoking cessation in a university pulmonary department.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2020Article
- Different Characteristics of Ex-Smokers and Current Smokers with COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), usually caused by tobacco smoking, is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Smoking cessation at an early stage of the disease usually stops further progression. A study was undertaken to determine if diagnosis of airway obstruction was associated with subsequent success in smoking cessation, as advised by a physician.
methods4494 current smokers (57.4% men) with a history of at least 10 pack-years of smoking were recruited from 100 000 subjects screened by spirometric testing for signs of airway obstruction. At the time of screening all received simple smoking cessation advice. 1177 (26.2%) subjects had airway obstruction and were told that they had COPD and that smoking cessation would halt rapid progression of their lung disease. No pharmacological treatment was proposed. After 1 year all subjects were invited for a follow up visit. Smoking status was assessed by history and validated by exhaled carbon monoxide level.
resultsNearly 70% attended a follow up visit (n = 3077): 61% were men, mean (SD) age was 52 (10) years, mean (SD) tobacco exposure 30 (17) pack-years, and 33.3% had airway obstruction during the baseline examination. The validated smoking cessation rate in those with airway obstruction was 16.3% compared with 12.0% in those with normal spirometric parameters (p = 0.0003). After correction for age, sex, nicotine dependence, number of cigarettes smoked daily, and lung function, success in smoking cessation was predicted by lower lung function, lower nicotine dependence, and lower tobacco exposure.
conclusionsSimple smoking cessation advice combined with spirometric testing resulted in good 1 year cessation rates, especially in subjects with airway obstruction.
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