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Item An evaluation of the efficacy of a homoeopathic complex remedy in the management of cigarette addiction(2001) Hellberg, Nicolette Liesel; McDavid, G. M.The purpose of this double blind placebo controlled study was to evaluate the efficacy of a homoeopathic complex (Avena sativa 03, Ignatia amara 04, Daphne indica 06, Nux vomica 06, Caladium seguinum 060, Nicotinum 060 and Nicotiana tabacum 060) in helping people to stop smoking with reference to the Goldstein typology of cigarette smokers in terms of the number of cigarettes smoked per dayItem Perceptions of students regarding the effects of the implementation of the tobacco control act of 1999 on a South African University campus(Informa UK Limitied, 2016) Khan, M.W.; Hira, V.; Haffejee, FirozaBackground: Smoking among adolescents is high. In order to curb the habit, restrictions on use of tobacco products in public places were implemented in South Africa. This study aimed to explore students’ perceptions of whether the implementation of smoking restrictions and no-smoking signs have had any effects on smoking behaviours on campus. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted amongst university students, who completed a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Students were aware that smoking causes disease and that second-hand smoke is dangerous. The majority were pleased that there was a smoking regulation in effect, but disagreed that it created a healthier atmosphere. Many would like a total ban enforced in restaurants, clubs, bars and university campuses. They felt that there were insufficient non-smoking signs in public areas. Many smokers stated that they ignored regulations and only a minority stated that the policy encouraged smokers to quit. Conclusion: Smoking among students has decreased over the years. This has been accompanied by an increase in knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking. Regulations have thus had a positive effect; however, additional efforts are required to motivate more people to quit smoking altogether and to prevent young people from taking up the habit.Item An evaluation of the efficacy of acupuncture and homoeopathic treatment in helping people to stop smoking(1996) De La Rouviere, Alexandra Mary; Boyer, R. P.The aim acupuncture of this study was to compare the treatment and homoeopathic treatment smoking cessation. The study was a clinical trial, in which an acupuncture treatment group group. Thirty was compared with a homoeopathic treatment volunteers who were anxious to stop smoking participated in the trial and were randomly divided into two groups. One group received acupuncture treatment (n=l5), while the other group received homoeopathic treatment (n=l5) in the form of isotherapy. The study took place over a period of 9 months and each participant completed a 3-month trial period. Prior to the trial period each sUbject completed a set of questionnaires. These ~ncluded the Fagerstrom Tolerance Test which determined their dependence on nicotine; a questionnaire to determine if the subject smoked predominantly for reduction of negative affect, for positive affect or as an habitualaddiction; and a questionnaire to determine the subject's estimation of the health risks of smoking.Item The relative effectiveness of isotherapy compared to isotherapy and simillimum in managing tobacco smoking addiction(1998) Pautz, Joanne; McDavid, G. M.The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of isotherapy together with the homoeopathic simillimum whilst comparing it with isotherapy combined with placebo in helping people to stop smoking, in terms of a daily smoking log, and the participants attitude to their tobacco smoking addiction. Thirty participants completed this double-blind randornised trial which took place in the northern suburbs of Gauteng. Participants responded to advertisements and were selected according to certain criteria: participants were to be over the age of 18 years of age, and were to have smoked 15 or more cigarettes a day for more than a year. Group 1 received isotherapy and homoeopathic simillimum and group 2 isotherapy and placebo. Each participant received 5 treatments over a period of 3 months. Cigarette consumption was recorded daily by each participant and questionnaires were completed in the presence of the researcher at each consultation. The daily smoking logs and the questionnaire scores were totalled and statistically analysed. Comparison with respect to cigarette consumption between the two groups were analysed using the two-sample unpaired t-test. The Mann-Whitney U-tests were used for inter-group comparisons and the Wilcoxon's signed rank tests for intra-group comparisons with respect to the questionnaires. Data was presented in tables and bar graphs. In each case a was set at 0.05.Item A placebo controlled study determining the effectiveness of a homoeopathic complex (Caladium seguinum 30CH, Nux vomica 30CH, and Staphysagria delphinium 30CH) as compared with homoeopathic similimum treatment in the management of tobacco addiction(2005) Lutchman-Maharaj, Sapna; Maharaj, Madhueshwaree; Couchman, IngridA sudden decrease in the use of nicotine containing products, which was used daily for at least several weeks, can cause Nicotine Withdrawal Syndrome (American Psychiatric Association, 1994: 244). The mental symptoms of the withdrawal syndrome includes depressed mood; irritability, frustration, anger, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, restlessness or impatience. The aim of this placebo-controlled double-blind study was to determine the effectiveness of a homoeopathic complex, compared to homoeopathic similimum treatment in the management of tobacco addiction. The complex was based on the selection of those homoeopathic remedies whose symptomology most accurately matched the symptoms associated with smoking cessation.