Do general medical practice characteristics influence the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs?
The effectiveness of smoking cessation programs can be influenced significantly by practice characteristics. To increase quit rates, more attention should be paid to the institutional setting of smoking cessation programs. Assessments of the effectiveness of cessation programs should give appropriate recognition to the fact that some practices may find higher quit rates more difficult to achieve.
The results suggest that the COM-induced increase in mitochondrial O2- production in MDCK cells is ameliorated by HSP 25 up-regulation via HS. Specific COM inhibition of HSP 25, HSP 70 and heme oxygenase-1 up-regulation suggests that COM-induced reactive oxygen species damage is unable to benefit from HSP-associated physiological resistance.