"Smoking Cessation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Discontinuing the habit of SMOKING.
| Descriptor ID |
D016540
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.488.732
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| Concept/Terms |
Smoking Cessation- Smoking Cessation
- Cessation, Smoking
- Smoking Cessations
- Stopping Smoking
- Smoking, Stopping
- Giving Up Smoking
- Smoking, Giving Up
- Smokings, Giving Up
- Up Smoking, Giving
- Quitting Smoking
- Smoking, Quitting
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Smoking Cessation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Smoking Cessation".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Smoking Cessation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Smoking Cessation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smoking Cessation" by people in Profiles.
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Affective reactivity to a remote computer-based Trier Social Stress Test during a planned quit attempt: associations with short-term cigarette smoking lapse risk. Physiol Behav. 2026 Oct 15; 315:115444.
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Personal pathways to success: an innovative program to overcome cancer patient barriers to tobacco cessation and promote patient participation. Support Care Cancer. 2026 Jul 03; 34(7).
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Examining the Neural and Behavioral Impact of Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in People with Opioid Use Disorder Who Smoke Tobacco Cigarettes: A Pilot Study. Brain Connect. 2026 Jun; 16(4-5):204-214.
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No Smoker Left Behind: Evaluation of a Population-Based, Opt-Out Smoking Cessation Program for Patients With Cancer Who Smoke. J Clin Oncol. 2026 Aug 10; 44(23):2176-2186.
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Interactions Between e-Cigarette Use and Quit Intentions on Cigarette Smoking in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Non-Heterosexual or Cisgender Individuals. Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 May 22; 28(6):1069-1074.
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Pharmacological and sensorimotor mechanisms linking obsessive-compulsive symptoms and cigarette smoking: A clinical laboratory study. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2026 Aug; 34(4):387-396.
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Race differences in the effect of obesity on inflammation among Black and White older adults who quit smoking: a longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement study. Ann Behav Med. 2026 Jan 07; 60(1).
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Mediation Effects of Biobehavioral Factors in a Trial of Pharmacotherapy and Intensive Cessation Counseling for People with HIV Who Smoke Cigarettes in Nairobi, Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2026 May; 30(5):1498-1505.
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Study protocol: Using ecological momentary assessment and wearable sensors to examine mechanisms linking sleep and smoking cessation among adults who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. PLoS One. 2025; 20(10):e0334129.
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Depression symptom level associates with negative and positive affect and cognitive dysfunction during a smoking cessation quit attempt. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 01; 392:120237.