Tag: Smoking Cessation
2006 to 2019 Saw Significant Drop in Nicotine Dependence Prevalence
Adjusted prevalence of nicotine dependence was lower for those aged 18 to 25, 26 to 34, 35 to 49 versus those aged 50 and older
Adaptation to Pharmacotherapy Does Not Up Smoking Cessation in Black Adults
No significant difference in verified seven-day abstinence seen by treatment group among Black adults who smoke daily
Sustained Smoking Cessation Tied to Improved Mental Health
Decreases in depression, anxiety seen, particularly in people with history of mental illness
Current Smoking, Vaping Linked to Symptom Burden in Cancer
Symptom burden is not associated with interest in quitting, likelihood of quitting, or odds of quit attempts
Quitting Smoking Early Linked to Lower Mortality After NSCLC Diagnosis
For ever smokers, log2-transformed years since smoking cessation before diagnosis associated with significantly lower mortality
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
