Tag: Smoking Cessation
Smartphone App May Help People Identify Smoking Triggers
App use tied to higher six-month biochemically verified sustained abstinence rate
Quitting Smoking Tied to Better Survival in Head, Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Greatest benefit seen for former smokers who quit >10 years before diagnosis
One in Seven Dual Users Continue Using Both Tobacco Products
However, early electronic cigarette quitters plus stable cigarette use was the most common trajectory in 41.6 percent of participants
Healthy Lifestyle Can Further Lower Risk for Death in Former Smokers
Higher total healthy lifestyle adherence cuts all-cause, cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory-related mortality
Smoking Cessation Activity Down in U.S. Adults During Pandemic
2019 to 2020 saw decrease in annual past-year quit attempt prevalence and lower-than-expected sales of lozenges, patches, gum
Health System Tobacco Cessation May Aid Smokers Trying to Quit
Health system-based care produced better treatment use and more tobacco abstinence than community-based quitlines
E-Cigarettes May Be Better Than Nicotine Patches for Pregnant Women
Safety of e-cigarettes in pregnancy is similar to that of nicotine patches while possibly more effective
Cessation Program in Cancer Clinics May Reach More Tobacco Smokers
Low-burden, point-of-care program may increase access to and impact of treatment to assist tobacco cessation
Decrease in Youth Smoking Menthol Cigarettes After Cigarette Ban
Decrease in percentage of youth smokers who reported smoking menthol cigarettes from February to August 2020 in England
1.3 Million Smokers May Quit if U.S. Bans Menthol Cigarettes
Findings based on the impact seen following Canada's ban
