Social support for smoking cessation and abstinence: the Lung Health Study

Article Abstract:

A study of smoking cessation and prolonged abstinence of 3,923 subjects of both genders in the Long Health Study revealed the utility of employing support people to enhance quitting rates in smokers participating in cessation programs. Men smokers benefitted to a large degree when supported by their wives in their efforts to give up smoking.

Social aspects, Evaluation, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Social networks

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Difficulty in demonstrating a risk from drinking pattern in fourteen years of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality: The Lung Health Study

Article Abstract:

Cardiovascular consequences of drinking eight or more drinks at a sitting and of usual drinking of alcohol in the Lung Health Study (LHS) is evaluated. The measure of eight or more drinks in these data appears to act as a surrogate for heavy drinking, and does not provide a suitable test of the effect of drinking pattern in men.

Coronary heart disease

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Does personality mediate the relation between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality?

Article Abstract:

A study to assess the personality mediator in a relationship between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality is presented. The models of hypertension and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes were significantly of individual personality, which affected the personality covariates.

Cardiovascular diseases

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