Tobacco cessation in patients with multiple chronic conditions: nutritional strategies as an additional tool in treatment.

Objective: To evaluate the impacts of a nutritional education intervention for patients with multiple chronic conditions during smoking cessation.

Methods: The non-probabilistic sample comprised 18 adults and seniors of both sexes recruited from a smoking cessation treatment group. At the beginning of treatment, smoking history, degree of dependence, and stage of motivation were assessed.

Alteration of inflammatory adipokines after four months of smoking abstinence in multidisciplinary intervention program.

Background: many endocrine-metabolic changes are involved in smoking.

Objectives: to evaluate serum concentrations of inflammatory adipokines in smokers at baseline and after four months of treatment for smoking cessation.

Methods: the serum concentrations of inflammatory cytokines were evaluated in smokers and abstinent.

SERUM CONCENTRATION OF NITRIC OXIDE IN WOMEN SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS WITH OVERWEIGHT.

Aim: to evaluate the serum concentration of NO in overweight women, smokers (SG) and nonsmokers (NSG).

Methods: blood samples from smokers (n = 20) and nonsmokers (n = 18) were collected to obtain serum, and stored at -80 °C until analysis. NO was assessed by measuring total nitrite, determined by Greiss method.

Influence of the leptin and cortisol levels on craving and smoking cessation.

Leptin inhibits cortisol release and may increase the craving for cigarettes, hindering the process of smoking cessation. We evaluate the influence of the initial concentration of cortisol and serum leptin on craving and smoking status in individuals after one month of treatment for smoking cessation. The leptin concentration was adjusted by the Initial Body Mass Index (BMI) (leptin/BMI) and the initial percentage of body fat (%BF) (leptin/%BF).