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Differences in participant classification and intervention effects based on HbA1C and fasting plasma glucose among a community sample of African Americans

Since 2010, the American Diabetes Association has endorsed both HbA1C (A1C) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) to determine diabetes risk...

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Lovoria B Williams, Jeannette O Andrews, Stephen W Looney, Andrea M. Kriska and Janie Heath

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Design of a Community Based Lung Cancer Education, Prevention and Screening Program

Uptake of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening is extremely low…

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Promoting Community Awareness of Lung Cancer Screening among Disparate Populations: Results of the cancer-Community Awareness Access Research and Education (c-CARE) Project

Lung cancer is the no. 1 cause of cancer death in the United States. Racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved populations suffer higher mortality than whites… 

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Factors associated with tobacco cessation attempts among inpatients in a psychiatric hospital

Several effective evidence-based tobacco treatment approaches can optimize cessation attempts; however, little is known…

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A step-wise approach to assessing tobacco use and addiction. Disease Interrupted: A clinical guide to tobacco reduction and cessation. 2nd Edition

Most tobacco users know the power of addiction and want to quit. Evidence tells a vivid and chilling story of the dire and urgent need to support cessation. Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death and disease globally, and it contributes to...

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Milan Khara and Chizimuzo Okoli

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Adolescents’ self-defined tobacco use status, marijuana use, and tobacco dependence

Aims: To examine differences in tobacco use and dependence between adolescents who are and are not marijuana users…

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Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Chris G. Richardson, Pamela A. Ratner, and Joy L. Johnson

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Correlates of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure among persons with severe mental illness accessing community mental health services.

To examine the correlates of secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure in a sample of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) accessing community mental health services…

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Smoking cessation interventions among individuals in methadone maintenance: A brief review.

Individuals in methadone maintenance treatment are motivated to quit smoking and are interested in smoking cessation treatment…

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A Systematic Review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Diagnostic Criteria for Nicotine Dependence.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria for nicotine dependence (DSM-ND) are based on the proposition that dependence is a syndrome that can be diagnosed only when a minimum of 3 of the 7 proscribed features are present…

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Gender-specific profiles of tobacco use among non-institutionalized people with serious mental illness.

In many countries, smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death. In North America, reductions in population smoking levels are stabilizing and, in recent years, those involved in tobacco control programming…

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