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National No Smoking Day - 8th March 2023

Smoking is still one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK.  According to the NHS website, around 78,000 people in the UK die every year from smoking.  Lung conditions are perhaps the most common and most widely recognized as being caused by smoking; with smoking causing around 70% of diagnosed lung cancer cases.  However, smoking can cause oral and thoracic cancers and either cause, or contribute to, cancers in other areas of the body as well.  Smoking also increases the risk of developing heart and circulatory problems, such as COPD, heart disease and stroke.

 

National No Smoking Day is a nationwide health awareness day aimed at reminding people of the serious health risks and highlighting the support available to assist those wishing to quit.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES 

For anyone struggling to quit smoking, those helping patients to quit, those caring for patients with smoking related illnesses and those studying or researching the health impacts of smoking, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. 

This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.  

 

BOOKS 

  • ABC of lung cancer / Hunt, Ian; Muers, Martin F & Treasure, Tom; 2009 (Wiley-Blackwell) [Also available as a Keele and NHS e-book]
  • ABC of COPD / Currie, Graeme P; 2017, 3rd edition, (Wiley)

 

JOURNALS  

  • Journal of smoking cessation, Hindawi in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. (Available as a Keele e-journal from 2006 onwards and as an NHS e-journal from 2021 onwards).
  • Tobacco, prevention & cessation, European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention. (Available as open access for both Keele and NHS users from 2015 onwards).
  • Nicotine & tobacco research, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. (Available as a Keele e-journal from 1999 onwards).
  • Tobacco induced diseases, International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases. (Available as an open access journal for both Keele and NHS users from 2002 onwards).
  • Lung cancer international, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. (Available as an open access journal for both Keele and NHS users from 2010 onwards).
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, COPD Foundation. (Available as an open access e-journal for both Keele and NHS users from 2014 onwards).
  • Addiction, Oxford: Blackwell. (Available as a Keele e-journal from 1993 onwards and as an NHS e-journal from 1993 with 1 year embargo, and in print 1994 - 2006).

 Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES 

  • Yingst, Jessica; Wang, XI; Lopez, Alexa A; et al; “Changes in Nicotine Dependence Among Smokers Using Electronic Cigarettes to Reduce Cigarette Smoking in a Randomized Controlled Trial”, Nicotine & tobacco research, 2023, Vol.25 (3), pp.372-378, DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntac153. (Available via Keele e-journal).
  • Kim, Youngmee Y & Cho, Won-Kyung, “Factors associated with successful smoking cessation in men with or without cardiovascular disease or cancer: Nationwide Korean population analysis”, Tobacco induced diseases, 2023, Vol.21, DOI: 10.18332/tid/159169. (Available via Keele and NHS e-journals).
  • Al-Fayez, Sarah & El-Metwally, Ashraf, “Cigarette smoking and prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies”, Tobacco induced diseases, 2023, Vol.21, pp.19-19, DOI: 10.18332/tid/157231. (Available via both Keele and NHS e-journals).
  • Benowitz, Neal L; Samet, Jonathan; et al, “Biomarkers of improved health outcomes after smoking cessation”, Addiction Neuroscience, 2023, Vol.5, p.100054, DOI: 10.1016/j.addicn.2022.100054. (Available via both Keele and NHS e-journals).
  • Forder, Aisling; Zhuang, Rebecca; Souza, Vanessa; et al, “Mechanisms Contributing to the Comorbidity of COPD and Lung Cancer”, International journal of molecular sciences, 2023, Vol.24 (3), p.2859, DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032859. (Available via both Keele and NHS e-journals).
  • Lin, Huihui & Li, Hequan, “How does cigarette smoking affect airway remodelling in asthmatics?”, Tobacco induced diseases, 2023, Vol.21 (January), pp.13-14, DOI: 10.18332/tid/156047. (Available via both Keele and NHS e-journals).
  • Etter JF, Khazaal Y., “The Stop-tabac smartphone application for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial.”, Addiction, 2022, Vol.117 (5), pp.:1406-1415. doi: 10.1111/add.15738.

 

N.B. NHS staff who are members of the Health Library can request a temporary Keele username which allows access to Keele e-books/journals from the Keele IT Suite in the Health Library within the CEC at Royal Stoke. 

 

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE: 

 

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:  

 

KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians.For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/. 

 

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