Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress 2023 EHA Congress 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on sleep in brain health

LIVE: Thursday 2nd May 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

Quality sleep is essential for health. But what happens to our brains when sleep patterns are disturbed? Join our experts to explore the interplay between sleep disruption and neurological diseases, and the questions that you need to be asking your patients to help you prevent the harmful effects of sleep deprivation.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Tobacco Induced Diseases
Published in: Tobacco Induced Diseases 1/2014

Open Access 01-06-2014 | Meeting abstract

Intervention program to modify the smoking habit in employee group of Athens' social welfare organization using motivational interviewing techniques and Trans theoretical Model of Behavior Change

Author: Eleftheria Kenanidou

Published in: Tobacco Induced Diseases | Special Issue 1/2014

Login to get access

Excerpt

Smoking is globally the most important risk factor for health and a major factor of mortality. It is responsible for many diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system, coronary artery disease, vascular strokes, while destroying the immune system and increases the risk of infections. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the motivational interviewing and Trans theoretical Model of Behavior Change related to the modification of the smoking habit. …
Metadata
Title
Intervention program to modify the smoking habit in employee group of Athens' social welfare organization using motivational interviewing techniques and Trans theoretical Model of Behavior Change
Author
Eleftheria Kenanidou
Publication date
01-06-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Tobacco Induced Diseases / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1617-9625
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-12-S1-A36

Other articles of this Special Issue 1/2014

Tobacco Induced Diseases 1/2014 Go to the issue

Meeting abstract

Novel curriculum of smoking cessation for dental students

Meeting abstract

Economic crisis and smoking in health professionals in Greece

Meeting abstract

5-year trends in the intention to quit smoking amidst the economic crisis and after recently implemented tobacco control measures in Greece

Meeting abstract

Tobacco advertising in Points-of-Sale around urban schools in Romania

Meeting abstract

Exhaled carbon monoxide as a marker of lung aging in smokers presenting with mild air flow limitation

Meeting abstract

Epidemiology of smoking among the employees of a medical university and strategies to decrease prevalence

ACC 2024 Congress Coverage

Heart Failure Video

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch now

Watch this official video from ACC.24 to hear Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.

Semaglutide benefits people with type 2 diabetes and obesity-related heart failure

16-04-2024 Type 2 Diabetes News

Incentivised to exercise

11-04-2024 Lifestyle Modifications News

New intervention for STEMI-related cardiogenic shock

10-04-2024 Myocardial Infarction News

» View more highlights on the ACC 2024 congress hub page

Image Credits