Original article by:MS McDermott, E Beard, LS Brose, R West, A McEwan Introduction: Behavioural support improves smokers’ chances of quitting, but quit rates are typically lower for smokers supported by ‘community practitioners’ for whom smoking cessation is a small part of their job than for those supported by ‘specialist practitioners’ for whom it is the [...]

By: Jonah Comstock | Nov 16, 2012    This week, the Cochrane Library published a review of mobile messaging-based smoking cessation interventions. The report found that, based on five studies, with a total of more than 9,000 participants, smokers who used mobile messaging interventions were twice as likely to make it six months without smoking than those [...]

Dangers of Second-Generation Smoke Nicotine leaves epigenetic marks on the rat genome that make offspring and grand-offspring more prone to asthma. By Beth Marie Mole |November 5, 2012 Pregnant rats given nicotine produced asthmatic pups that went on to produce their own asthmatic pups, despite the absence of nicotine exposure in the third generation, according [...]

New Study With CHANTIX(R) /CHAMPIX(R) (varenicline) Tablets Suggests Favorable Benefit-Risk Profile In Adult Smokers With Major Depressive Disorder Business Wire, 16 octobre 2012, 08:00  (c) 2012 Business Wire. Quitting Rates Compared to Placebo in Adult Smokers with Major Depressive Disorder Were Similar to Those in Other Populations of Smokers Previously Studied NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 16, [...]

The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) delivers evidence-based information to healthcare leaders about the effectiveness, safety and efficiency of health technologies. Below are abstracts and critical appraisals that will enable pharmacists to make informed decisions and recommendations pertaining to smoking cessation therapies. Electronic Cigarettes: A Review of the Clinical Evidence and [...]

Smoking is one of the major risk factors for cancer, respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disease. Smoking tobacco is a risk factor that can be changed — by quitting permanently. Unfortunately, quitting smoking is much easier said than done. So how can we best help smokers to quit? Which of the smoking cessation aids works best? [...]