Smoking Cessation

"Smoking Cessation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Discontinuing the habit of SMOKING.

Descriptor ID	D016540
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.488.732
Concept/Terms	Smoking Cessation Smoking Cessation Cessation, Smoking Smoking Cessations Stopping Smoking Smoking, Stopping Giving Up Smoking Smoking, Giving Up Smokings, Giving Up Up Smoking, Giving Quitting Smoking Smoking, Quitting

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Health Behavior [F01.145.488]
Smoking Cessation [F01.145.488.732]

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Bar chart showing 436 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 39 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	0	1	1
2002	2	1	3
2003	2	0	2
2004	3	0	3
2005	7	3	10
2006	1	1	2
2007	5	3	8
2008	16	5	21
2009	12	1	13
2010	15	2	17
2011	10	5	15
2012	7	6	13
2013	17	2	19
2014	30	9	39
2015	25	5	30
2016	30	8	38
2017	16	8	24
2018	26	3	29
2019	21	5	26
2020	22	1	23
2021	18	2	20
2022	12	0	12
2023	27	1	28
2024	20	4	24
2025	13	3	16

Below are the most recent publications written about "Smoking Cessation" by people in Profiles.

Santiago-Torres M, Mull KE, Shi D, Alexander AC, Nollen NL, Sullivan BM, Zvolensky MJ, Bricker JB. Intersectionality in cigarette smoking cessation: A latent class analysis to predict 12-month cessation in a randomized controlled trial. Addiction. 2026 Jan; 121(1):173-185.

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Shaukat N, Chowdhury S, Roy S, Asfar T, Bursac Z, Maziak W. Waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels are effective in reducing subjective measures, behavioral responses and toxicant exposure among young adults: A crossover study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(8):e0327730.

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Asfar T, Lee DJ, Alcaide ML, Jones DL, Zvolensky MJ, Oluwole OJ, Pan Y, Brewer J, Carrico A. A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial Testing a Multi-Component App-Based Intervention for Improving Smoking Cessation and Adherence to Treatment in Low-Income HIV Patients. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Aug 22; 27(9):1513-1523.

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Bakhshaie J, LaRowe LR, Choukas NR, Aneja A, Ly TV, Zvolensky MJ, Ditre JW. Nicotine, tobacco smoking, and pain in orthopedic trauma settings: a conceptual framework for practice and research. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2025 Jun 30; 145(1):357.

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Jones AA, Robison JH, Smit T, Brett E, Zvolensky MJ, Garey L. Nicotine dependence, perceived barriers, and affective vulnerability among individuals engaging in dual use who report relapse: Implications for targeted treatment. Addict Behav. 2025 Nov; 170:108422.

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Asfar T, Lee DJ, Salloum RG, LeLaurin JH, Kobetz E, Pradhananga N, De Dios Despaux RA, McCollister KE, Oluwole O, Corbin L, Laine J, Bursac Z. Empowering safety managers to champion the implementation of smoking cessation services in the construction industry: Protocol for a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. PLoS One. 2025; 20(6):e0324717.

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Zvolensky MJ, Smit T, Wein PY, Bakhshaie J, Redmond BY, Garey L, Thai JM, Lackner JM. Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety and smoking abstinence expectancies among persons with irritable bowel syndrome. J Behav Med. 2025 Aug; 48(4):659-670.

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Bakhshaie J, Smit T, Bradford A, Lackner JM, Zvolensky MJ. Gastrointestinal-specific anxiety as a transdiagnostic mechanism involved in persons with irritable bowel syndrome who smoke. J Health Psychol. 2026 Jan; 31(1):365-377.

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Garey L, Rinck M, Rosenfield D, Nizio P, Beevers CG, Brown RA, Conroy Busch HE, Dutcher CD, McSpadden B, Zvolensky MJ, Smits JAJ. Approach Bias and Tobacco Craving as Mechanisms of the Effect of Approach Bias Retraining on Smoking Cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Apr 22; 27(5):830-838.

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Amin S, Kawamoto CT, Pokhrel P. Exploring the ChatGPT platform with scenario-specific prompts for vaping cessation. Tob Control. 2025 Apr 01; 34(2):251-253.

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