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10086826

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of intermittent smoking on pulmonary function was assessed among participants in the Lung Health Study, 5887 adult smokers with evidence of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), followed up for 5 years. The mean annual rate of loss in FEV1% of predicted after year 1 was smallest for those who quit at some point during the first year of the study and stayed quit (-0.33%/year, +/-0.05%), intermediate for those who smoked intermittently during the study (-0.58%/year, +/-0.05%) and greatest for those who continued to smoke throughout the study (-1.18%/year, +/-0.03%). Surprisingly, those who made several attempts to quit smoking had less loss of lung function at comparable cumulative doses of cigarettes than those who continued to smoke. Quitting smoking for an interval followed by relapse to smoking appeared to provide a measurable and lasting benefit in comparison to continuous smoking. In this early COPD population, not only quitting smoking but attempts to quit smoking can prevent some loss of lung function. These results provide some encouragement to exsmokers who relapse on their way to complete cessation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0895-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1317-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of multiple attempts to quit smoking and relapses to smoking on pulmonary function. Lung Health Study Research Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial