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Providing a foundation for understanding the requirements and goals for health promotion in the elderly, this book provides an overview of health promotion needs and objectives for aging populations.
Health Promotion Interventions
Health Promotion Interventions
Smoking Cessation
The cessation rate among U.S. adults who have ever smoked varies by age, gender, education, race, and geography. Despite knowledge of the adverse health consequences of smoking, one third of the adults in the United States continue to smoke. For millions of adults, efforts to quit smoking have failed (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 1991). Individual and community-based interventions need to begin by making smokers aware of the consequences of smoking as well as the benefits of quitting. Even after the age of 60, smoking cessation has been shown to lead to improved pulmonary function.
Smoking cessation is accompanied by a number of symptoms consistent with withdrawal. Withdrawal symptoms—including nicotine craving, irritability, frustration, anxiety, restlessness, and difficulty ...
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