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Nicotine dependence and gender differences in smokers accessing community mental health services.

Despite evidence of differences in smoking behavior between women and men, few studies have assessed these differences in individuals with mental illnesses…

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Dimensions of Wellbeing
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Sex differences in smoking cessation outcomes of a tailored program for individuals with substance use disorders and mental illness.

Tobacco use is highly prevalent among individuals with a history of substance use disorders (SUD) and/or mental illness (MI)…

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Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Milan Khara, Iris Torchalla, Mary H.H. Ensom, John L. Oliffe, Joan L. Bottorff, and Paul J Stanley

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Smoking Cessation among Persons with Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder and Mental Illness.

Aims: A history of either a substance use disorder (SUD) or psychiatric disorder (PD) is associated with tobacco use…

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Smoking cessation outcomes among individuals with substance use and/or psychiatric disorders.

Individuals with substance use and psychiatric disorders have a high prevalence of tobacco use disorders and are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related morbidity and mortality…

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Sex differences in nicotine dependence among addictions clients accessing a smoking cessation program in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The purpose of this study was to examine differences in substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders and nicotine dependence among 323 women and men accessing a smoking cessation program…

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Predictors of smoking cessation among individuals with a history of co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders

Individuals with substance use and psychiatric disorders have a high prevalence of tobacco use disorders and are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related morbidity and mortality… 

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Smoking behaviors and medical comorbidities in patients with mental illnesses. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Correlations among smoking behaviors and co-morbid medical illnesses were examined among 982 smokers with mental illnesses enrolled in a smoking cessation program within Mental Health and Addictions Services in Vancouver, Canada…

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Providing tobacco treatment in a community mental health setting: A pilot study.

Individuals with mental illnesses (MIs) are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related disease burden because of higher tobacco use prevalence and poor tobacco treatment outcomes…

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Dimensions of Wellbeing
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Factors associated with staff engagement in patients’ tobacco treatment in a state psychiatric facility.

Persons with mental illnesses (MI) who use tobacco are likely to experience poorer physical health and worsened psychiatric symptomology as compared to their non–tobacco-using counterparts…

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A retrospective analysis of the comparative effectiveness of smoking cessation medication among individuals with mental illness in community-based mental health and addiction treatment settings.

Persons with different mental illnesses smoke for reasons based on their particular diagnosis…

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