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Views from the coalface

The UK Stop Smoking Services (SSS) are a source of information and advice on e-cigarettes for smokers and thus it is important to understand the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, e-cigarettes held by stop smoking...

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Views from the coalface

The UK Stop Smoking Services (SSS) are a source of information and advice on e-cigarettes for smokers and thus it is important to understand the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, e-cigarettes held by stop smoking...

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Behavioural therapy for smoking cessation
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Disadvantaged smokers are less likely to be successful when trying to stop smoking than more affluent smokers. In the UK, NHS Stop Smoking Services (SSS) provide a range of pharmacotherapy and behavioural...
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English stop-smoking services

The UK is a global leader in stop-smoking support—providing free behavioral support and cessation medication via stop smoking services (SSS) without charge to smokers. This study aimed to explore the client and service...

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Behavioural therapy for smoking cessation
Background:
Disadvantaged smokers are less likely to be successful when trying to stop smoking than more affluent smokers. In the UK, NHS Stop Smoking Services (SSS) provide a range of pharmacotherapy and behavioural...
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English stop-smoking services

The UK is a global leader in stop-smoking support—providing free behavioral support and cessation medication via stop smoking services (SSS) without charge to smokers. This study aimed to explore the client and service...

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Evaluating long-term outcomes of NHS stop smoking services (ELONS)

Background: NHS Stop Smoking Services (SSSs) provide free at the point of use treatment for smokers who would like to stop. Since their inception in 1999 they have evolved to offer a variety of support options. Given the...

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REMODELLING THE FAMILY NAME IN TWENTIETH CENTURY NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Philip Hiscock
Jan 16, 2014
IN THE 20th CENTURY, thousands of Newfoundlanders engaged in a kind of identity management through the phonic re-construction of their surnames, in an attempt to bring their family name in line with their contemporary desires...
Comparative Analysis of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Procedural Race Track Generation in Games
Procedural Content Generation (PCG) aims to automatically generate the content of games using algorithmic approaches, as this can reduce the cost of game design and development. PCG algorithms can be applied to all elements of a...
The value of studying supply chains for tobacco control
Introduction: Tobacco control research and advocacy has yet to capitalise on understanding the tobacco industry supply chain. The objective of this narrative review is to expose the processes, actors and supporting industries...
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REMODELLING THE FAMILY NAME IN TWENTIETH CENTURY NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Philip Hiscock
Jan 16, 2014
IN THE 20th CENTURY, thousands of Newfoundlanders engaged in a kind of identity management through the phonic re-construction of their surnames, in an attempt to bring their family name in line with their contemporary desires...
Evaluating long-term outcomes of NHS stop smoking services (ELONS)

Background: NHS Stop Smoking Services (SSSs) provide free at the point of use treatment for smokers who would like to stop. Since their inception in 1999 they have evolved to offer a variety of support options. Given the...

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Social inequalities in quitting smoking

Background: Smokers from lower socio-economic groups are less likely to be successful in a quit attempt than more affluent smokers, even when they access smoking cessation services.

Methods: Data were collected from...

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The value of studying supply chains for tobacco control
Introduction: Tobacco control research and advocacy has yet to capitalise on understanding the tobacco industry supply chain. The objective of this narrative review is to expose the processes, actors and supporting industries...
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Artificial and natural RNA interactions between bacteria and $\textit{C. elegans}$
F Braukmann, D Jordan, E Miska
May 05, 2017
Nineteen years after Lisa Timmons and Andy Fire first described RNA transfer from bacteria to $\textit{C. elegans}$ in an experimental setting the biologic role of this trans-kingdom RNA-based communication remains unknown....
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Intentions and instability
Adam Bales
Jun 06, 2020
Abstract: Andy Egan has recently presented a prominent objection to causal decision theory (CDT). However, in this paper, I argue that this objection fails if CDT’s proponent accepts the plausible view that decision-theoretic...
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Prevalence and impact of long-term use of nicotine replacement therapy in UK Stop-Smoking Services
Background: Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) was licensed for harm reduction in the UK in 2005, and guidance to UK Stop Smoking Services (SSS) to include long-term partial or complete substitution of cigarettes with NRT was...
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E-cigarettes
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Use of e-cigarettes (inhalable vapour producing battery powered devices that aim to simulate tobacco cigarettes), is rising in a number of countries, but as yet none of these products are regulated as...
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Smoking cessation and socioeconomic status

Smokers from lower socioeconomic groups are less likely to be successful in stopping smoking than more affluent smokers, even after accessing cessation programmes. Data were analysed from 3057 clients of nine services....

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The Grizzly, October 12, 2023
Meet the New Professors on Campus Center for Career and Post-Graduate Events Professor Feature: Dr. Andy Davis Let's Do the (Rocky Horror: A Breakaway Student Production) Again The Captivating Collegeville Diner Crossword...
Published by: Ursinus College
Advance care discussions with young people affected by life-limiting neuromuscular diseases
A Hiscock, I Kuhn, S Barclay
Aug 16, 2017
End of life care policy in the UK advocates open discussions between health professionals and patients as the end of life approaches. Despite well documented understanding of the progression of life-limiting neuromuscular...
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