Challenges to smoking cessation in patients with substance use disorders-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Challenges to smoking cessation in patients with substance use disorders

Published:2024-02-28 Issue:2 Volume:53 Page:124-126
ISSN:0304-4602
Container-title:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
language:en
Short-container-title:Ann Acad Med Singap

Author:

Mareen Zaakira Shahul Hameed¹,Harjit Singh Kiranjeet Kaur¹,Ng Charis Wei Ling¹,Low Lambert Tchern Kuang¹

Affiliation:

1. National Addictions Management Service, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Abstract

Despite significant progress in tobacco control measures and stringent smoking policies, cigarette smoking remains one of the largest preventable causes of death and disability worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that over 8 million global deaths are attributed to smoking yearly, and in Singapore, more than 2,000 Singaporeans die prematurely due to smoking-related diseases each year.1,2

Publisher

Academy of Medicine, Singapore

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