In ongoing efforts to pinpoint the best evidence-based ways to quit smoking, a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has turned her attention to a tobacco-free product… read more.
A new peer-reviewed study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science finds that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription smoking-cessation drugs meaningfully reduces cigarette use. At the same time, the research found that advertising… read more.
While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to health disparities. A… read more.
Findings from a randomized controlled trial suggest that vaporized nicotine products (vapes) are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies for smoking cessation in a low socioeconomic status population…. read more.
Smokers and people who recently quit are more likely to face complications after having an operation than non-smokers, a new study reveals. Experts say there is an urgent… read more.
A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham showed that teens and young adults who took varenicline—an FDA-approved, twice-daily smoking cessation pill for adults—are more than three times as… read more.
By law, smokers with severe tobacco dependence are entitled to receive one-off drug therapy for smoking cessation as part of evidence-based programmes reimbursed by the German statutory health… read more.
Quitting smoking within six months after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient’s life. With this information in hand, all cancer centers have… read more.
Quitting smoking even as late as at 75 years of age can meaningfully increase a person’s life expectancy, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published… read more.
Smoking cessation can significantly reduce a person’s risk of developing atrial fibrillation compared to those who continue smoking. Researchers reported this finding on Sept. 11 in JACC: Clinical… read more.
New use of semaglutide was associated with a lower risk for medical care related to tobacco use disorder (TUD) in smokers with type 2 diabetes compared with 7… read more.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 deaths each year. It is also a risk factor for… read more.
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