Editorial

Bittoun, Renee and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki (2026) Editorial. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 21 (1). p. 1. E-ISSN 1834-2612

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Abstract

Decades ago, I imagined a journal that would publish evidence to help clinicians with the difficult task of helping smokers quit. No such journal existed. It was obvious then that many smokers could quit unaided, but there were also many who struggled with nicotine addiction and who became unwell from their smoking but continued none the less. My aim was to help unravel the mysteries so that we could help prevent the many millions of deaths from such preventable illnesses. It became the journal for our clinical group in Australia, called the Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals, and was soon also to become the Journal of the US group ATTUD. I was fortunate enough to recruit colleagues and friends from around the world who lent their names to an Editorial Board: K.O. Fagerstrom, John Hughes, Robert West, Hayden McRobbie, Mohmad Haniki Nik Mohamed, Carlos Andres Jimenez Ruiz and Matt Bars. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing was supportive and granted a start-up fund for a publisher. That publisher was Australian Academic Press. I was aided by a Sydney colleague Michelle DiGiacomo. In those days, our first issue came out in print in October 2006. Journal of Smoking Cessation is the world's only publication devoted exclusively to the treatment of smoking cessation. The journal is targeted specifically to the area of smoking cessation at the grass-roots level, focusing on observational studies that have practical implications for those assisting smokers to quit. It is a high-quality peer-reviewed publication with an international editorial board that has itself wide experience in the field of smoking cessation.

Item Type:	Article (Editorial)
Additional Information:	Corresponding email address for Prof Haniki: mhaniki@gmail.com
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Journal, Smoking cessation, International
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA643 Communicable Diseases and Public Health
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Pharmacy Kulliyyah of Pharmacy > Department of Pharmacy Practice
Depositing User:	Professor Dr. Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2026 14:08
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2026 14:08
Queue Number:	2026-03-Q2410
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/127739

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