Why don't they just quit?
There has been increased emphasis on intervention by physicians with their patients concerning smoking and smoking cessation. Yet, many patients do not quit. This article reviews some of the reasons why they don't just quit. The physiologic effects of nicotine addiction, conditioned stimulus-response learning, mood disorders, personality traits and individual genetics impact cessation rates. Guidelines are presented for increasing cessation rates.
Department of Psychiatry, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, USA.
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D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*