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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 751-764; doi:10.3390/ijerph7030751 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Smoking Behavior among Coronary Heart Disease Patients in Jordan: A Model from a Developing Country 1 2, 3 Nesrin N. Abu-Baker , Linda Haddad * and Omar Mayyas 1 School of Nursing, Jordan University of Science Technology, P.O Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan; E-Mail: nesrin@.jo 2 Department of Family and Community Health, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, P.O. Box 980567,VA 23298-0567, USA 3 Nursing Department, Technical Institute for health training, Jeddah 21361, Saudi Arabia; E-Mail: onmayyas05@.jo * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: lhaddad2@; Tel.: +1-804-828-0433; Fax: +1-804-828-7743. Received: 31 December 2009 / Accepted: 23 February 2010 / Published: 26 February 2010 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of cigarette smoking before and after diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), detect the reasons that discourage quitting smoking and resources of advice about qui