Tag: Smoking Cessation
Financial Incentives May Up Rates of Smoker Abstinence
Redeemable deposits, rewards superior to free cessation aids with respect to sustained abstinence
Tobacco Cessation Support Lacking in Mental Health Facilities
Less than half of patients in mental health, substance abuse treatment facilities offered counseling
Pros and Cons for E-Cigarettes As Aid to Smoking Cessation
Researchers present evidence supporting their use, and discuss the limits and hazards of use
Small Employers Often Don’t Provide Tobacco Cessation Help
Yet, many of these small employers charge tobacco users up to 50% more for health insurance premiums
Use of E-Cigarettes May Hurt Efforts to Quit Smoking
Findings based on a study of patients trying to quit smoking following hospital discharge
Increase in Other Flavored Tobacco Use After Menthol Ban
Increase in percentage of those who attempted to quit at follow-up versus before ban implementation
Pharmaceutical Aids Not Found to Be Helpful for Smoking Cessation
No evidence that varenicline, bupropion, or nicotine replacement increase probability of abstinence
Few Smokers Hospitalized With CHD Get Smoking Cessation Meds
Overall, 22.7 percent received smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, most often the nicotine patch
Few Patients Receive Rx for Smoking Cessation Meds After MI
Ninety-seven percent of smoking patients with MI received counseling, but few have SCM use
Sinus Symptoms Improve 10 Years After Quitting Smoking
Smoking-related sinus pain, swelling, inflammation are reversible, researchers say
