Study: Smoking Cessation Through a Healthcare System Model
A Mass General-led study suggests that managing smoking cessation like other chronic diseases through an integrated health system approach could produce sustained results.
A Mass General-led study suggests that managing smoking cessation like other chronic diseases through an integrated health system approach could produce sustained results.
Varenicline combined with nicotine patch therapy was not associated with greater tobacco smoking cessation than varencline monotherapy in adults who smoke cigarettes, according to research findings.
Behavioral and nicotine replacement therapies offered together can help people who are incarcerated quit smoking, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Men's Health.
The number of American adult smokers is an an all-time low (34 million, or 14% of the population), according to the US Surgeon General’s new report on smoking cessation.
Read MoreThe World Health Organization advises people to quit smoking tobacco, including cigarettes, at least 4 weeks prior to having surgery.
Read MoreDuke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program will host its four-day smoking cessation training course in March and June 2020.
Read MoreAccording to research published in JAMA, a comprehensive smoking cessation program successfully resulted in sustained quit rates for cancer patients.
Read MoreLong-term nicotine replacement therapy did not provide any advantages over a traditional smoking cessation program for COPD patients attempting to quit.
Read MoreAdult smokers who didn’t use electronic vaping devices were more than twice as likely to quit,...
Read MoreOn April 10, the AAFP wrote a letter to Leslie Kux, associate commissioner for policy at the FDA,...
Read MoreScholar argues that recent FDA regulations may keep smokers in the dark about e-cigarettes....
Read MoreWhile studies clash on whether electronic cigarettes help people quit smoking standard tobacco cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration looks to tighten rules on the devices, which have exploded in popularity in recent years.
Read MoreTeen boys who recently started smoking are more likely to quit than teen girls. And, both boys and girls who are frightened by cigarette warning labels, or play team sports, are more likely to quit also, new research shows.
Read MoreA new article published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology claims there is “not enough evidence” to suggest that e-cigarettes should be used as smoking cessation aids.
Read MoreUsing e-cigarettes in order to quit smoking was associated with improved success rates, according to a study from University College London that surveyed over 5,000 UK smokers.
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