title: [Old age and smoking].
abstract: Elderly people today have seen a radical change in the image of smokers over the last half century. While once it was approved, it is now demonised. Although smoking declines with age, there are still many elderly smokers. The risks and harm of smoking remain, even in old age. An individual choice to start with, smoking becomes a collective issue in a nursing home. Stopping smoking always brings benefits, even after the age of 80.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Mâcon, boulevard Louis-Escande, 71018 Mâcon cedex, France; Institut de psychologie, Université Lyon 2, 5 avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, Campus Porte des Alpes, 69500 Bron, France. Electronic address: pamenecier@ch-macon.fr.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menecier
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de psychopathologie et processus de santé, Institut universitaire Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 71 avenue Édouard-Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moscato
authors.affiliation: Institut de psychologie, Université Lyon 2, 5 avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, Campus Porte des Alpes, 69500 Bron, France.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation
keywords: elderly person; health; santé; sevrage; smoking; society; société; sujet âgé; tabagisme; withdrawal