Willingness and preferred methods to help quitting smoking in Switzerland

Purpose: to assess among current smokers in Switzerland the willingness to quit and the preferred methods to help quitting smoking. Methods: cross-sectional study including 1265 current smokers (607 women and 658 men). Difficulty quitting smoking and the preferred methods to help quitting smoking were assessed by questionnaire. Results: 89% of women and 84% of men reported being "very difficult" or "difficult" to quit smoking. Almost three quarters of smokers (73% of women and 70% of men) reported some willingness to quit smoking, but less than 25% of them wanted to do so within the next 30 days, and only 64% within the next 6 months. Willingness to quit was stronger among younger smokers while no differences were found for gender, physical activity or education al Javel. The preferred methods to help quitting smoking were personalized counselling by a doctor (51.4%), acupuncture (35.9%); nicotine replacement therapy (37.6%); hypnosis (28.8%); information flyers (24.9%); autogenic training (15.3%); bupropion (15.2%); personalized counselling by a non-doctor (14.7%) and group interventions (13.2%). Acupuncture and hypnosis were more favoured by women, and autogenic training by younger smokers. Still, a sizable fraction (between 19 and 51%) of smokers did not know some of the methods to help quitting smoking. Conclusion: although more than two thirds of Swiss smokers want to quit, only a small fraction wishes to do so in the short term. Setter information regarding the different methods to help quitting is also necessary.

Le cardinal pelerin ou le bourdon de Sainct Jacques, présenté à son éminence, par Messieurs de la ville de Liège

[Mazarinade. 1651]

"Enfreindre le pacte". Jacques Réda dans le périurbain

Empruntant aux géographes leur définition des espaces suburbain et périurbain, on se propose de mesurer, chez Réda, la part du géographique et d'interroger son amplitude paysagère. Si l'on peut, à bon droit, le considérer comme l'héritier de ceux, parmi les grands auteurs du XIXe siècle, qui ont fait entrer le paysage urbain en littérature, et s'il ne fait aucun doute que ce paysage urbain est encore agissant dans les relations d'escapades en ville ou dans sa banlieue proche, il semble bien que l'héritage soit exposé à ses limites quand on fait face à des gares qui ont éclos "en pleins champs" et à "des pavillons en matière rose de décor d'opérette" qui sont baptisées "Résidences de la Ferme - où le mot flatteusement vide abolit le sens de ce qu'il désignait".

Physiologie du protecteur (2e édition) / par un aveugle clairvoyant de la Chaussée-d'Antin [Jacques Arago]...

Référence bibliographique : Lhéritier, 24