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Vicol, Cristina and Arcana, Raluca Ioana and Trofor, Antigona Carmen and Melinte, Oana and Cernomaz, Andrei Tudor (2024) Why making smoking cessation a priority for rare interstitial lung disease smokers? Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 10, 29. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/190591.

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This review aims to discuss the complex relationship between smoking and interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), emphasizing the significant morbidity and mortality associated with these conditions. While the etiology of ILDs remains multifactorial, cigarette smoking emerges as a prominent modifiable risk factor implicated in their pathogenesis and progression. This narrative review will provide insight into smoking-associated interstitial lung diseases and personalised approaches to smoking cessation. Epidemiological studies consistently link smoking to ILDs such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), respiratory bronchiolitis-associated ILD (RB-ILD), and desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive tobacco cessation strategies. Despite the established benefits of smoking cessation, adherence to cessation programs remains challenging due to nicotine addiction, psychological factors, and social influences. The modest success rates of smoking cessation in ILD patients, emphasises the importance of tailored interventions and ongoing support is needed to overcome barriers and to improve outcomes of quitting smoking in this category of vulnerable patients.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
International, Open Access, Review, Article
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
2024
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/190591
Publisher
European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention
Volume
10
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