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Smoking Cessation Reduces Risk of Cataract Extraction
Smoking cessation correlates with a reduction in the risk of cataract extraction, although the risk persists for more than 20 years.
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Lung Cancer Screening-Focused Tobacco Treatment Program May Not Improve Smoking Cessation
High quality communication in tobacco treatment programs with lung cancer screenings was significantly associated with self-efficacy for smoking cessation.
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RA Patients May Have Tougher Time Quitting Smoking
Issues related to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), such as distraction from pain and frustration of living with RA, may impede smoking cessation in RA patients.
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Program Helps Patients Quit Smoking Before Surgery
A smoking cessation intervention offered in a preadmission clinic is associated with decreased rates of smoking on the day of surgery and 30 days postoperatively.
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Smoking Cessation in Patients with Mental Illness
Adults with mental illness have a smoking rate that is 70% higher than adults with no mental illness and die approximately 25 years earlier than the general population, due largely to their high rates of substance use—including cigarette smoking.
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Quitting Smoking Cuts Cardiac Risk, Despite Weight Gain
Even if you take into account the weight gain that usually follows, quitting smoking still reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people without diabetes, according to a new study.
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Smoking Cessation Ups Survival for Patients Undergoing PCI
Smoking cessation is associated with improved survival for patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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Nicotine Metabolism Could Predict Smoking Cessation Tx Success
A study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggests that the rate at which smokers metabolize nicotine could be a significant factor in guiding smoking cessation treatment.
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Chantix Labeling Updated Following Pediatric Smoking Cessation Study
Results from a placebo-controlled study evaluating Chantix (varenicline; Pfizer) in pediatric patients 12-16 years of age showed that the smoking cessation treatment was not associated with a significant increase in abstinence rates in this patient population.
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Gene Variants Impact Smokers’ Response to Cessation Therapy
Smokers with certain high-risk genetic variants find it more difficult to quit smoking but are more likely to respond to cessation pharmacotherapy.
