CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SMOKING CESSATION

将对戒烟的原因和影响进行研究 在洛马的曾傑瑞·L·佩蒂斯纪念退伍军人医学中心进行 琳达，加利福尼亚州，与琳达·H·费里博士合作，公共卫生硕士。 作为正在进行的退伍军人管理局方案的补充，来自 退伍军人管理局预防医学诊所和退伍军人管理局戒烟班 将被招募参加这项双管齐下的试点研究 检测戒烟和戒烟后免疫球蛋白水平是否变化 评估吸烟行为可能受到的遗传影响。 个人吸烟史和生物样本(每个样本的血液 招募的患者)将提供给MEDIB实验室进行 分子分析。MEDIB将评估两者之间的差异 戒烟成功的受试者与戒烟失败的受试者 抽烟。研究人群将由大约300人组成 (男性和女性)参加正在进行的 戒烟计划。

The Studies of the Causes and Effects of Smoking Cessation will be carried out at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, California in collaboration with Dr. Linda H. Ferry MD, MPH. As a supplement to an ongoing VA protocol, ambulatory veterans from the VA Preventive Medicine Clinic and the VA Stop Smoking Classes will be recruited to participate in this two pronged pilot study to test whether immunoglobulin levels change after smoking cessation and to evaluate possible hereditary influences on smoking behaviors. Personal histories of smoking and biological samples (blood from each recruited patient) will be provided to the MEDIB laboratory for molecular analyses. MEDIB will evaluate the differences between subjects that do versus those that do not succeed in quitting smoking. The study population will consist of approximately 300 (male and female) ambulatory veterans who are enrolled in the ongoing Smoking Cessation Program.