Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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Emergency departments (EDs) have strong potential to initiate tobacco interventions with economically disadvantaged populations. ⋯ Motivational cessation counseling can be feasibly initiated during the ED encounter with minimal medical staff involvement. Adequately powered trials are needed to study ED-initiated interventions that include post-visit follow-up.
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Prior studies with patient samples have found dispositional optimism to be associated with less pain. ⋯ Dispositional optimism is associated with reduced pain for healthy adults encountering a brief pain stimulus. This relationship is eliminated, however, when individuals are primed with thoughts of health and well-being. The results are interpreted as evidence for the use of differential coping strategies by optimists in response to pain.