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Can E-Cigarettes Aid Smoking Cessation Efforts?
E-cigarette use was 9.8% among current smokers, 1.1% among former smokers, and 0.6% among nonsmokers.
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Pros and Cons for E-Cigarettes As Aid to Smoking Cessation
The authors note that e-cigarettes seem to double the likelihood of achieving abstinence and are as effective as nicotine replacement therapy for supporting cessation.
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Do the Benefits of Smoking Cessation Tx Decrease Over Time?
Benefits of smoking cessation medications decline over the first year.
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Are Pharmaceutical Aids for Smoking Cessation Effective?
No evidence that varenicline, bupropion, or nicotine replacement increase probability of abstinence
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Smoking Cessation Drug Linked to Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events
The researchers analyzed the medical records of 56,851 new users of varenicline.
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Breath Sensor, App Combo Provide Novel Approach to Smoking Cessation
The Carbon Monoxide Breath Sensor System (COBSS) informs the user how breath carbon monoxide levels are affected by their smoking behavior.
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Few Hospitalized CHD Patients Receive Smoking Cessation Therapy
Overall, 22.7 percent received smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, most often the nicotine patch
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Smoking Cessation Med Use Low in Older Patients After MI
Ninety-seven percent of smoking patients with MI received counseling, but few have SCM use
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Gender May Impact Efficacy of Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy
The data showed TNP was significantly more effective vs. no medication assisted quit attempts for males (odds ratio [OR] 1.37, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.83; P=0.03) but not for females (OR 0.96, 95% CI: 0.71, 1.31; P=0.82).
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Clinicians Respond: E-Cigs or Smoking Cessation Meds for an Asthma Patient?
A clinical vignette was presented to care physicians and pulmonary medicine specialists, describing a patient with asthma and ongoing combustible cigarette use who inquired about use of electronic cigarettes as a cessation tool.
