Relationship between the strength of craving as assessed by the Tobacco Craving Index and success of quitting smoking in Japanese smoking cessation therapy

• Chie Taniguchi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: c-taniguchi@aichi-med-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations College of Nursing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-city, Aichi, Japan, Department of Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2529-8697

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• Hideo Saka,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Hashima-gun, Gifu, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

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• Isao Oze,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Department of Preventive Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

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• Sumie Nakamura,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Nozaki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokoname Municipal Hospital, Tokoname-city, Aichi, Japan

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• Hideo Tanaka

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fujiidera Public Health Center of Osaka Prefecture, Fujidera-city, Osaka, Japan

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