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Multiple sclerosis progresses faster in people who continue to smoke compared to smokers who quit after their diagnosis

MS Disease Progression May Be Delayed by Smoking Cessation

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Each additional year of smoking accelerates time to secondary progressive disease by 5 percent
Smoking cessation may be associated with resurgence of anorexic symptoms in patients with a history of anorexia nervosa

Anorexia Resurgence Can Occur After Smoking Cessation

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Case report describes two patients who started to display food restriction following weight gain
Smoking cessation after acute myocardial infarction reduces angina and boosts mental health and quality of life

Smoking Cessation Boosts Mental Health, QOL After Heart Attack

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Patients who stopped smoking also reported less angina
Quitting smoking is associated with weight gain

Strategies Needed to Combat Weight Gain in Smoking Cessation

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Considerably greater weight gain seen in North American versus Asian studies
An Asian-Language Smokers Quitline reaches Chinese

Asian-Language Smoking Quitline Successful Nationwide

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Callers are Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese; most received nicotine patches and counseling
As the number of smokers in the United States drops

As U.S. Smoking Rate Drops, Smokers More Likely to Quit

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Efforts to discourage the smoking have made it less acceptable, experts say
An educational outreach program

Academic Detailing Could Boost Treatment of Tobacco Use

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Increase in frequency of simple and complex components of tobacco treatment behaviors
Varenicline (Chantix) doesn't increase the risk of suicidal behavior

Some Varenicline Concerns Not Supported by Evidence

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And some concerns may have been overstated, researcher says
Issues related to rheumatoid arthritis

RA-Related Issues Impede Smoking Cessation

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Smoking used as distraction from pain, coping mechanism for frustration of living with RA
Paying smokers to quit seems to work better than offering them free counseling and nicotine replacement therapy

Financial Incentives Effective in Smoking Cessation

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Found to be better alternative than free counseling, cessation aids