Smoking and COPD

Oral Presentation
Chairs: P. Tønnesen (Gentofte, Denmark), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)

Introductory lecture: Nicotine addiction treatment in COPD patients P. Tonnesen (GENTOFTE, Denmark)
Smoking cessation by hospitalization yields a high rate of smoke abstinence in COPD-patients B. M. Sundblad, K. Larsson, L. Nathell (Stockholm, Sweden)
Airway hyperresponsiveness and its correction during the smoking cessation program S. Andreeva, V. Grechenko, T. Antonova, G. Sakharova, N. Antonov, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Quality of life of smokers depending on age, smoking history and COPD symptoms H. Demchuk (Vinnytsya, Ukraine)
Effects of lifetime smoking patterns on nutrition, muscular and lung function in early COPD patients from the PAC-COPD cohort study I. Garcia-Olive, E. Monso, A. Marin, M. Benet, J. Garcia, J. M. Anto (Badalona, Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Effect of treatment for nicotine dependence using bupropion therapy in patients with COPD M. Czajkowska-Malinowska, A. Ciesielska, D. Ostrowska (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
A community-based walk-in lung function service – results from a one-year survey S. Bolton, H. D. Ehlers, C. Fuglsang, S. F. Thomsen, L. Pedersen, C. Porsbjerg, T. Lund, L. Harmsen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Vanloese, Denmark)