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Allen Carr’S Easyway To Stop Smoking - A Randomised Clinical Trial, L. Clancy, Sheila Keogan, Shasha Li Jan 2018

Allen Carr’S Easyway To Stop Smoking - A Randomised Clinical Trial, L. Clancy, Sheila Keogan, Shasha Li

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Objective To determine if Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking (AC) was superior to Quit. ie in a randomised clinical trial (RCT). Setting Single centre, open RCT, general population


Exploring Smoking, Mental Health And Smoking-Related Disease In A Nationally Representative Sample Of Older Adults In Ireland: A Retrospective Secondary Secondary Analysis, Annette Burns, Judith Strawbridge, Luke Clancy, Frank Doyle Jan 2017

Exploring Smoking, Mental Health And Smoking-Related Disease In A Nationally Representative Sample Of Older Adults In Ireland: A Retrospective Secondary Secondary Analysis, Annette Burns, Judith Strawbridge, Luke Clancy, Frank Doyle

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Objective: Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death among individuals with mental health difficulties (MHD). The aim of the current study was to determine the impact of smoking on the physical health of older adults with MHD in Ireland and to explore the extent to which smoking mediated or moderated associations between MHD and smoking-related diseases. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample of 8,175 communitydwelling adults aged 50 and over from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) was undertaken. Multivariate adjusted logistic regression models were used to assess the association between MHD, smoking (current/past/never) and smoking-related …