Sentence examples for rather than cessation from inspiring English sources

160 161 Therefore the focus of this item is on csDMARD reduction rather than cessation.

Advocating reduction rather than cessation for some smokers would be a major shift in approach that should have solid support from several rigorous studies.

Of note in this study, a majority of smokers reported changes in smoking behaviour, and although reduction of smoking rather than cessation sometimes resulted, the attitude and motivation of most smokers demonstrated change.

17 recently assessed the hypothesis that the association between smoking cessation and health-care use was due to sicker smokers attempting to quit, rather than smoking cessation precipitating health-care use.

In recent weeks, he has asked for a reduction rather than a cessation in violence.

True, if you get the crap kicked out of you by the denizens of the spirit world an old-fashioned reload is in order, but the game's sense of how death might be a transformation rather than mere cessation is otherwise persuasive.

[ 48] The primary goal of harm reduction policy and practice is a reduction in the negative consequences associated with use rather than complete cessation of substance use.

The bone structure of Europasaurus indicates that dwarfing was brought about by its slower growth rate relative to that of its giant relatives rather than by the cessation of growth at an early age.

In these macabre by-products of modern technology, a dissociation has taken place between the various components of death so that the most important the death of the brain occurs before, rather than after, the cessation of other functions, such as circulation.

Therefore: Rather than referring to cessation of an intervention, withdrawal now relates to prohibiting the future use of previously collected materials and data.

Thus, findings appear more consistent with teenagers viewing e-cigarettes as a recreational substance rather than a smoking cessation tool.