Background: Recent evidence indicates that the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing
is remarkably high (24% for men and 9% for women) and that the public health burden …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David W. Wetter, Center
for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, …

Background. There is little epidemiological or clinical information on the relation between
smoking and sleep disturbance, despite evidence suggestive of a relationship. The present …

Purpose: This paper discusses the role of theory in explaining why recent community
intervention trials for chronic disease prevention are not achieving the level of desired behavioral …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David W. Wetter, Department
of Behavioral Science, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe …

Traditional models of physical dependence suggest that nicotine dependence should be
reflected by the extent of drug exposure (eg, smoking rate) and by evidence of physiological …

The accurate assessment of nicotine withdrawal is important theoretically and clinically. A 28-item
scale, the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale, was developed that contains 7 …

Recent models of addiction posit that drug outcome expectancies are influential determinants
of drug use. The current research examines the dimensional structure, predictive validity, …

Importance Several national health care–based smoking cessation initiatives have been
recommended to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based treatments, such as quitline (…

Objective: Although there has been a socioeconomic gradient in smoking prevalence,
cessation, and disease burden for decades, these disparities have become even more …