Long-term Smoking Cessation Rates and Differences in Outpatients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma

ÖNEN Z. P., ŞEN E., Gülbay B. E., Yildiz Ö., ACICAN T., Saryal S., ...More

TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL, vol.12, no.2, pp.67-71, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/ttd.2011.15
  • Journal Name: TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.67-71
  • Keywords: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, smoking cessation, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, TOBACCO USE, SMOKERS, SAMPLE, COPD
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Smoking is an important contributor to respiratory diseases and is the major etiological factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and adversely affects control of asthma. For this reason, smoking cessation is the one of the most important ways to improve the prognosis of patients with respiratory disease. Our aim was to determine the characteristics with the long-term smoking cessation rates of outpatients with COPD and asthma and compared the differences between the diseases.