Smoking Cessation in Cancer Care: Myths, Presumptions and Implications for Practice

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Radiation Oncology Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Meredith.Giuliani@rmp.uhn.on.ca.
² Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Population Health and Prevention, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Patient Education, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Dental Oncology, North East Cancer Centre, Health Sciences North, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

M Giuliani et al. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;32(6):400-406.

doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.01.008. Epub 2020 Feb 3.

¹ Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Radiation Oncology Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Meredith.Giuliani@rmp.uhn.on.ca.
² Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Population Health and Prevention, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Cancer Education Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Patient Education, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Dental Oncology, North East Cancer Centre, Health Sciences North, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Keywords: Cancer treatment; Cigarette smoking; Interventions; Myths; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use.

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