[The fight against smoking. The need to consider behavioral dependence].

The prevalence of smoking in France remains very high compared to other developed Western countries. The management of smoking in smokers is often limited to nicotinic substitution, whether medicated or linked to the use of electronic cigarettes or varenicline and advices more or less reliable or helpful. This strategy of aiding smoking cessation, if isolated, leads to a high number of failures.

[Influence of smoking among family physicians on their practice of giving minimal smoking cessation advice in 2008. A survey of 332 general practitioners in Maine-et-Loire].

Introduction: Smoking among doctors would be an obstacle to effective smoking prevention, in particular the practice of minimal advice.

Objectives: To assess the smoking habits of general practitioners (GPs) in the department of Maine-et-Loire and to study the link between their smoking status and their practice of minimal smoking cessation advice in 2008 in a legislative context unfavourable to smokers.

Methods: Three hundred and thirty-two GPs in the department of Maine-et-Loire answered a survey (response rate: 60%) investigating their own smoking habits and how they approach patients who smoke.

[Tolerability profile of varenicline in current medical practice].

Introduction: Varenicline (Champix) was approved in France in 2006 as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. Although there is a consensus on its efficacy, its tolerability is debatable. This article sought to clarify its tolerability profile in current medical practice.

[Pregnant women and smoking: descriptive study and prognostic factors to stop smoking during pregnancy].

Unlabelled: Nicotine addiction (NA) is a serious public health problem. Today, smoking effects on the foetus and the mother are well known; however, studies into smoker's behaviour are lacking. The aim of our paper was to identify factors which influence either NA stopping or continuation during pregnancy.