ALLMedicine Smoking Cessation Center

May 22nd, 2020 - Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) delivers nicotine without the toxic chemicals present in tobacco smoke. It is an effective smoking cessation aid in non-pregnant smokers, but there is less evidence of effectiveness in pregnancy. Systematic revie...

May 21st, 2020 - COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in populations eligible for lung cancer screening. We investigated the role of spirometry in a community-based lung cancer screening programme. Ever smokers, age 55-74, resident in three deprived ar...

May 21st, 2020 - Lung cancer prevention may include primary prevention strategies, such as corrections of working conditions and life style - primarily smoking cessation - as well as secondary prevention strategies, aiming at early detection that allows better sur...

May 20th, 2020 - The striatum is the critical area of reward processing and has been repeatedly linked to nicotine addiction. However, it remains unclear whether different smoking cessation outcomes (relapse or not) are associated with different functional connect...

May 20th, 2020 - Smoking remains a leading public health issue and health care practitioners (HCPs), who play an important role in supporting and promoting patients' cessation efforts, need educational initiatives that improve their ability to provide effective cl...

May 12th, 2020 - People who quit smoking prior to a lung cancer diagnosis demonstrated considerably reduced risk for death due to all causes compared with those who continued to smoke, according to study results scheduled for presentation during the ASCO20 Virtual...

May 12th, 2020 - People who quit smoking at any time, even up to 2 years before a lung cancer diagnosis, have increased chances of survival after their diagnosis, according to data during a 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program press briefing.

Oct 1st, 2019 - The use of e-cigarettes has increased rapidly. Although vaping has been shown to assist with smoking cessation, cases of severe vaping-related pulmonary disease and a number of deaths have recently been reported. Here we present a collection of ar...

Sep 14th, 2019 - Urinary incontinence is a common problem among women worldwide, resulting in a substantial economic burden and decreased quality of life. The Women's Preventive Services Initiative is the only major organization that recommends annual screening fo...

Aug 15th, 2019 - Background Pharmacological treatments for tobacco dependence, such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), have been shown to be safe and effective interventions for smoking cessation. Higher levels of adherence to these medications increase the li...

May 25th, 2020 - Bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, USP (SR) are indicated as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. Bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, USP (SR) are an aminoketone agent indicated as an aid to smoking cessation treatme...

May 24th, 2020 - During the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, patients with cancer are at high risk of severe respiratory illness from infection because cancer and its treatments weaken their immune systems. Patients who smoke may be even more immunocompromised...

May 22nd, 2020 - Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) delivers nicotine without the toxic chemicals present in tobacco smoke. It is an effective smoking cessation aid in non-pregnant smokers, but there is less evidence of effectiveness in pregnancy. Systematic revie...

May 21st, 2020 - COPD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in populations eligible for lung cancer screening. We investigated the role of spirometry in a community-based lung cancer screening programme. Ever smokers, age 55-74, resident in three deprived ar...

May 21st, 2020 - Lung cancer prevention may include primary prevention strategies, such as corrections of working conditions and life style - primarily smoking cessation - as well as secondary prevention strategies, aiming at early detection that allows better sur...

May 12th, 2020 - People who quit smoking prior to a lung cancer diagnosis demonstrated considerably reduced risk for death due to all causes compared with those who continued to smoke, according to study results scheduled for presentation during the ASCO20 Virtual...

May 12th, 2020 - People who quit smoking at any time, even up to 2 years before a lung cancer diagnosis, have increased chances of survival after their diagnosis, according to data during a 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program press briefing.

Mar 31st, 2020 - The first large North American study to directly test the question of whether e-cigarettes help tobacco smokers quit suggests an early benefit but with little long-term data to allay growing safety concerns. The Evaluating the Efficacy of E-Cigare...

Mar 13th, 2020 - Several risk factors, including smoking, a previous severe hypoglycemic event, and poorly functioning kidneys, can lead to vision loss in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to new findings published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complic.

Mar 8th, 2020 - Health care factors, such as type of health system and being newly diagnosed, rather than patient socioeconomic factors, were significant predictors of smoking cessation in patients with RA, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Rese.