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Emerging Issues on the Impact of Smoking on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Lung Cancer and Their Families

Karen Kane McDonnell
Linda F. C. Bullock
Patricia J. Hollen
Janie Heath
Benjamin D. Kozower
CJON 2014, 18(2), 171-181 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.18-02AP
Compelling evidence exists that continued smoking after a diagnosis of lung cancer adversely affects treatment effectiveness, survival, risk of recurrence, second malignancy, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The importance of HRQOL to patients with cancer and their families has been well...
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Guest Editorial

Enough Is Enough

Linda Sarna
CJON 2014, 18(2), 141-142 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.141-142
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General report on smoking and health (U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1964) was the release of the 2014 Surgeon General report The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress (U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Oncology Essentials

E-Cigarettes: Facts, Perceptions, and Marketing Messages

Ellen R. Carr
CJON 2014, 18(1), 112-116 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.112-116
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are perceived as an alternative to standard tobacco cigarette smoking, primarily because of the e-cigarette industry's marketing messages. However, scientific studies about e-cigarette safety and efficacy remain limited. This column presents some of the issues...
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Impact of Tobacco-Control Legislation

Barbara J. Henry
CJON 2013, 17(2), 195-200 DOI: 10.1188/13.CJON.195-200
Oncology nurses should be aware of smoking-related public health legislation and tobacco use prevention resources as well as increase their knowledge of psycho-education materials, medications, and products available to aid smoking cessation. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death; one...
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African American Health Disparities in Lung Cancer

Pauline M. Green
Suzy Guerrier-Adams
Priscilla O. Okunji
Deborah Schiavone
Joann E. Smith
CJON 2013, 17(2), 180-186 DOI: 10.1188/13.CJON.180-186
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and globally. African Americans experience significant differences in lung cancer incidence and mortality. Smoking is the single greatest risk for lung cancer, making smoking cessation programs a potentially fruitful...
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