Search results for "Smoking Cessation"
For tobacco dependent, pharmacotherapy is the best medicine
So they try it, they get horribly uncomfortable, and they go right back to smoking,” Dr. ... 1-877-44U-QUIT. Smoking cessation counselors from the National Cancer Institute answer smoking-related questions in English or Spanish during business hours,
July 2009
Smoking cessation
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) initiative “Talk with Your Doctor,” a smoking cessation program that is part of the CDC's national tobacco education campaign, “Tips from ... Talk with Your Doctor, “ a smoking cessation
June 2013
Smoking cessation
Researchers randomly assigned more than 1,000 smokers to a 12-week smoking cessation pharmacotherapy group: nicotine patch only (n=241); varenicline only (including 1 prequit week; n=424); and ... And they noted that the study raised questions about the
February 2016
Smoking cessation
Varenicline is a nicotinic receptor partial agonist that has demonstrated efficacy in assisting some patients with smoking cessation. ... They stressed that clinicians should use caution, however, when treating smoking cessation in depressed patients
September 2013
Improving rural health takes effort, energy
that range from smoking cessation in high school to dietary support in grocery stores. ... Culture, in which a patient looking for treatment for, say, a broken arm isn't necessarily interested in talking about smoking cessation.
September 2015
Highlights
Researchers randomized 446 generally healthy smokers in a 1:1 ratio. Eligible people were adults who sought assistance with smoking cessation, had smoked at least 10 cigarettes a day in the ... The numbers needed to treat (NNT) to achieve 1 additional
July 2014
CMS expands tobacco cessation counseling, focuses on audits
99406: Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes. ... 99407: Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intensive, greater than 10 minutes.
November 2010
Smoking cessation
Results were published March 15 by Annals of Internal Medicine. The abrupt-cessation group quit smoking altogether on a prespecified quit date, whereas the gradual quitters slowly reduced their smoking by ... These results imply that, in clinical practice
March 2016
Take a tiered approach to CVD
More recent studies have not identified as great a cardiovascular benefit from aspirin, likely due in part to other prevention successes, such as a reduction in smoking rates and better treatment ... NOW. Most patients opt to try bupropion or varenicline,
February 2022
Highlights
This suggests that combination therapy could be a good option for patients whose concern about weight gain could impede their smoking cessation. ... The study authors concluded by calling for more research on the role of combination treatment in smoking
January 2014