A report released from the New England Journal of Medicine says that: Smokers who quit between ages 35 and 44 gain nine years of life Smokers who quit between ages 45 and 54 gain six years of life Smokers who quit between ages 55 and 64 gain four years of life The authors say the [...]
President of Pharmacists for a Smoke Free Canada & CEASE Jane Ling has been sending out some great info on Quit Smoking Week. She recommends looking at new textbook “Disease Interrupted: Tobacco Reduction and Cessation.” The book was edited by Drs. Charl Els, Diane Kunyk and Peter Selby It is now available free of [...]
National Non-Smoking Week (NNSW) will be held January 20-26, 2013. The theme this year is: “Live, work, play… even better smoke-free.” NNSW has been observed for more than 30 years. It is one of the longest running and most important events in Canada’s ongoing public health education efforts. Established in 1977 by the Canadian Council [...]
BACKGROUND: Effective pharmacotherapies are available to help people who are trying to stop smoking, but quitting can still be difficult and providing higher levels of behavioural support may increase success rates further. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of increasing the intensity of behavioural support for people using smoking cessation medications, and to assess whether there [...]
BACKGROUND: Innovative and effective smoking cessation interventions are required to appeal to those who are not accessing traditional cessation services. Mobile phones are widely used and are now well-integrated into the daily lives of many, particularly young adults. Mobile phones are a potential medium for the delivery of health programmes such as smoking cessation. OBJECTIVES: [...]
AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS: Reducing cigarettes smoked before quit day and quitting abruptly, with no prior reduction, produced comparable quit rates, therefore patients can be given the choice to quit in either of these ways. Reduction interventions can be carried out using self-help materials or aided by behavioural support, and can be carried out with the aid [...]
