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. 2017 Sep 21;19(9):e326.
doi: 10.2196/jmir.8743.

A Dermatologist's Ammunition in the War Against Smoking: A Photoaging App

Titus Josef Brinker  1   2   3 , Alexander Enk  1 , Martina Gatzka  4 , Yasuhiro Nakamura  5 , Wiebke Sondermann  2   3   6 , Albert Joachim Omlor  7 , Maximilian Philip Petri  2   3   6 , Ante Karoglan  8 , Werner Seeger  9 , Joachim Klode  2   3   6 , Christof von Kalle  10   11   12 , Dirk Schadendorf  2   3   6
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A Dermatologist's Ammunition in the War Against Smoking: A Photoaging App

Titus Josef Brinker et al. J Med Internet Res. .

Abstract

This viewpoint reviews the perspectives for dermatology as a specialty to go beyond the substantial impact of smoking on skin disease and leverage the impact of skin changes on a person's self-concept and behavior in the design of effective interventions for smoking prevention and cessation.

Keywords: apps; dermatology; face; photoaging; skin; smoking; tobacco; tobacco cessation; tobacco prevention.

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Normal aging versus effects of smoking a pack a day for 15 years.
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