The SCIDOTS Project: Evidence of benefits of an integrated tobacco cessation intervention in tuberculosis care on treatment outcomes

Background: There is substantial evidence to support the association between tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco smoking and that the smoking-related immunological abnormalities in TB are reversible within six weeks of cessation. Therefore, connecting TB and tobacco cessation interventions may produce sig...

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Published in:Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Main Author: Awaisu A.; Nik Mohamed M.H.; Mohamad Noordin N.; Abd Aziz N.; Syed Sulaiman S.A.; Muttalif A.R.; Ahmad Mahayiddin A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80053172436&doi=10.1186%2f1747-597X-6-26&partnerID=40&md5=39ce49a9ae0af2a55685a8a07c79c907