[Old age and smoking]

Pascal Menecier; Alba Moscato; Lydia Fernandez

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2016.11.007

[Old age and smoking]

Soins Gerontol. 2017 Jan-Feb;22(123):32-34. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2016.11.007.

[Article in French]

Authors

Pascal Menecier¹, Alba Moscato², Lydia Fernandez³

Affiliations

¹ Centre hospitalier de Mâcon, boulevard Louis-Escande, 71018 Mâcon cedex, France; Institut de psychologie, Université Lyon 2, 5 avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, Campus Porte des Alpes, 69500 Bron, France. Electronic address: pamenecier@ch-macon.fr.
² Laboratoire de psychopathologie et processus de santé, Institut universitaire Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 71 avenue Édouard-Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt cedex, France.
³ Institut de psychologie, Université Lyon 2, 5 avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, Campus Porte des Alpes, 69500 Bron, France.

PMID: 28224961
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2016.11.007

Abstract

Elderly people today have seen a radical change in the image of smokers over the last half century. While once it was approved, it is now demonised. Although smoking declines with age, there are still many elderly smokers. The risks and harm of smoking remain, even in old age. An individual choice to start with, smoking becomes a collective issue in a nursing home. Stopping smoking always brings benefits, even after the age of 80.

Keywords: elderly person; health; santé; sevrage; smoking; society; société; sujet âgé; tabagisme; withdrawal.

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Smoking / epidemiology
Smoking / therapy*
Smoking Cessation