Addiction
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To examine whether high social capital at work is associated with an increased likelihood of smoking cessation in baseline smokers. ⋯ If the observed associations are causal, these findings suggest that high perceived social capital at work may facilitate smoking cessation among smokers in higher-status jobs.
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Recent ex-smokers report a range of reactions to other people's cigarette smoke. We examined the hypothesis that those who find the smell of smoke pleasant and tempting are more likely to relapse than those who have a neutral or even negative reaction to it. ⋯ In abstaining smokers, the like or dislike of other people's smoke is not related to relapse. The temptation to smoke elicited by other people's smoke is related to outcome, but only as an indicator of a general 'temptation threshold'. Patients who find other people's smoke tempting can be reassured that this reaction will gradually decrease.