Ninety Five Posts in 2007

So it almost the end of 2007 and the start of 2008. I started writing this blog back in February, and since then have written 95 posts (including this one), plus numerous replies to readers’ comments. Judging from the number of comments, the topic that most interested readers was the new drug “Chantix” (basic name “varenicline” and called “Champix” in some European countries). There was a lot of interest both in the drug itself and in the controversy surrounding its potential side effects. For those of you who are new to this site, and particularly if you are quitting smoking in the new year, I’ve attached a list of posts and links for the year. I hope you can find something helpful.

I’d like to encourage readers to add their own comments (its relatively simple to do, and I usually respond within a couple of days). Also note that you can sign up to have each new post sent directly to your e-mail address.

So I’d like to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. Thinking of recent events, I particularly hope that you and your loved ones around the world can also have a safe and peaceful 2008.

Jonathan Foulds’ posts on: www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/

1. Introducing Dr Jonathan Foulds, 2/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/introducing-dr-jonathan-foulds.html

2. How bad is smoking for your health? 2/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/how-bad-is-smoking-for-health.html

3. Do women find it harder to quit smoking? 2/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/do-women-find-it-harder-to-quit.html

4. Tobacco industry found guilty of racketeering. 2/25/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/tobacco-industry-found-guilty-of.html

5. Why “lights” are just as deadly. 2/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/why-lights-are-just-as-deadly.html

6. What is nicotine withdrawal syndrome? 3/6/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/what-is-nicotine-withdrawal-syndrome.html

7. Ten tips for coping with nicotine withdrawal. 3/7/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/ten-tips-on-coping-with-tobacco.html

8. Cold Turkey – 1. 3/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/cold-turkey-1.html

9. Cold Turkey – 2. 3/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/cold-turkey-2.html

10. “Lost” and FDA regulation of tobacco. 3/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/lost-and-fda-regulation-of-tobacco.html

11. Quitting smoking while living with a smoker. 3/25/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/quitting-smoking-while-living-with.html

12. Nicotine addiction: how it can trick you into “absent-minded” smoking. 4/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/nicotine-addiction-how-it-can-trick.html

13. Chantix: how does this new stop smoking medicine work? 4/15/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/chantix-how-does-this-new-quit-smoking.html

14. How about quitting smoking with someone else? 4/15/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/what-about-quitting-smoking-with.html

15. Telephone quitlines: do they help smokers to quit? 4/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/telephone-quitlines-do-they-help.html

16. Can smoking cessation internet sites help you to quit? 4/21/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/can-smoking-cessation-internet-sites.html

17. How to tell if a smoking cessation aid works. 4/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007_04_01_smoking_cessation_archive.html

18. Facing the tobacco industry. 5/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/facing-tobacco-industry.html

19. Facing the tobacco industry -2. 5/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/facing-tobacco-industry-2.html

20. How addicted are you to cigarettes? (1) 5/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/how-addicted-are-you-to-cigarettes-1.html

21. How addicted are you? (2) 5/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/how-addicted-are-you-2.html

22. Is there such a thing as a safer cigarette? 5/23/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/is-there-such-thing-as-safer-cigarette.html

23. Institute of Medicine Report: Ending The Tobacco Problem -1. 5/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/is-there-such-thing-as-safer-cigarette.html

24. Institute of Medicine Report: Ending The Tobacco Problem -2. 5/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/institute-of-medicine-report-ending_27.html

25. The nicotine reduction strategy. 5/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/nicotine-reduction-strategy.html

26. Effects of alcohol on smoking cessation – 1. 5/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/effects-of-alcohol-on-smoking-cessation.html

27. Effects of alcohol on smoking cessation – 2. 5/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/effects-of-alcohol-on-smoking-cessation_29.html

28. Think you don’t really smoke for nicotine? 6/2/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/think-you-dont-really-smoke-for.html

29. Marlboro Snus: what is it? 6/10/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/marlboro-snus-what-is-it.html

30. Why did Philip Morris’s new smokeless tobacco product (“Taboka”) deliver almost no nicotine? 6/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/why-did-philip-morriss-new-smokeless.html

31. Get rid of all your tobacco. 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/get-rid-of-all-your-tobacco.html

32. Nicotrol Nasal Spray: an effective treatment for the heavy smoker. 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/nicotrol-nasal-spray-effective.html

33. Can quitting smoking trigger depression? 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/can-quitting-smoking-trigger-depression.html

34. Its time for pictorial warnings on cigarette packs. 6/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/its-time-for-pictorial-warnings-on.html

35. Which nicotine replacement therapy? 6/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/which-nicotine-replacement-therapy.html

36. Whats the problem with Accomplia/rimonabant (Zimulti), the weight-loss drug that helps you quit smoking? 6/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/whats-problem-with-accompliarimonabant.html

37. Is nicotine replacement therapy effective in the “real world”? 6/21/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/is-nicotine-replacement-therapy.html

38. Higher nicotine intake per cigarette among African American smokers: is it a menthol effect? 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/higher-nicotine-intake-per-cigarette-by.html

39. Cigarette brand preferences: start young and focus on 3 brands. 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/cigarette-brand-preferences-start-young.html

40. Reductions in teen smoking. 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/reductions-in-teen-smoking.html

41. Tobacco use around the world. 6/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/tobacco-use-around-world.html

42. When is the best time to quit smoking? 6/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/when-is-best-time-to-quit-smoking.html

43. Advice on using over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy. 6/30/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/advice-on-using-over-counter-nicotine.html

44. Wearing the patch prior to quitting may help. 7/1/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/wearing-patch-prior-to-quitting-may.html

45. Celebrate your independence from tobacco. 7/4/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/celebrate-your-independence-from.html

46. Tobacco and global warning. 7/7/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/tobacco-and-global-warming.html

47. A year of smoking takes 3 months off your life. 7/9/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/last-friday-july-6th-new-paper-was.html

48. Thanks to grand rounds 3.42. 7/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007_07_01_smoking_cessation_archive.html

49. 17th Surgeon General, Dr Richard Carmona, joins Healthline. 7/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/17th-surgeon-general-dr-richard-carmona.html

50. How many cigarettes does it take to become addicted? 7/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/how-many-cigarettes-does-it-take-to.html

51. How many medical doctors smoke? 7/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/how-many-medical-doctors-smoke.html

52. Health insurance coverage for nicotine dependence treatment. 7/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/health-insurance-coverage-for-nicotine.html

53. Increase cigarette tax to pay for children’s healthcare. 7/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/increase-cigarette-tax-to-pay-for.html

54. Could smoking reduction improve your health? 7/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/could-smoking-reduction-improve-your.html

55. Is cannabis smoking more harmful than cigarette smoking? 7/31/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/is-cannabis-smoking-more-harmful-than.html

56. Thank you Health Business Blog for grand rounds 3:45. 8/2/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/thank-you-health-business-blog-for.html

57. Menthol smokers inhale more toxins. 8/3/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/menthol-smokers-inhale-more-toxins.html

58. Health effects of Tobacco Smoke Pollution. 8/6/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/health-effects-of-tobacco-smoke.html

59. Sidestream cigarette smoke more toxic than mainstream smoke. 8/8/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/sidestream-cigarette-smoke-more-toxic.html

60. Make yours a smoke-free home. 08/10/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/make-yours-smoke-free-home.html

61. Chantix and mental illness. 08/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/chantix-and-mental-illness.html

62. Two new studies of Chantix (varenicline). 08/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/two-new-studies-of-chantix-varenicline.html

63. Thanks to Grand Rounds 3:47. 08/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/thanks-to-grand-rounds-347.html

64. Getting through the first few weeks. 08/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/getting-through-first-few-weeks.html

65. Carcinogens from smoking and smokeless tobacco (1) 8/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/carcinogens-from-smoking-and-smokeless.html

66. Smoking, smokeless tobacco and cancer (2) 8/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/smoking-smokeless-tobacco-and-cancer-2.html

67. Do you (or your kids) hookah? 9/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/do-you-or-your-kids-hookah.html

68. Stopping smoking effects on drug metabolism. 9/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/stopping-smoking-effects-on-drug.html

69. Does Chantix cause mental health problems? 9/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/does-chantix-cause-mental-health.html

70. Does it help to add nicotine gum to bupropion? 9/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/does-it-help-to-add-nicotine-gum-to.html

71. Tobacco tax to renew insurance for poor kids. 9/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/tobacco-tax-to-renew-insurance-for-poor.html

72. Effects of smoking during pregnancy. 9/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/effects-of-smoking-during-pregnancy.html

73. State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking. 9/30/07.
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/state-specific-prevalence-of-cigarette.html

74. Finding out about smoking and health. 10/1/07.
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/10/finding-out-about-smoking-and-health.html

75. Report on tobacco harm reduction by Royal College of Physicians. 10/7/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/10/report-on-tobacco-harm-reduction-by.html

76. Immediate and delayed quitting. 10/14/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/10/immediate-and-delayed-quitting.html

77. New smoking cessation medicine being evaluated: selegiline patch. 10/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/10/new-smoking-cessation-medicines-being.html

78. Safety of nicotine: the smoke causes the harm. 10/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/10/safety-of-nicotine-smoke-causes-harm.html

79. Lung cancer. 11/2/07.
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/lung-cancer.html

80. One cigarette wouldn’t do any harm, would it? 11/05/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/one-cigarette-wouldnt-do-any-harm-would.html

81. Snus use in Norway. 11/6/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/snus-use-in-norway.html

82. Why do some doctors not treat tobacco dependence? 11/11/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/why-do-some-doctors-not-treat-tobacco.html

83. Its Great American Smokeout. 11/14/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/its-great-american-smokeout.html

84. Thanks to Dr Anonymous for Grand Rounds 4.9. 11/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/thanks-to-dr-anonymous-for-grand-rounds.html

85. Helping Latino smokers quit. 11/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/helping-latino-smokers-to-quit.html

86. Effects of smoke-free workplace legislation on heart-attacks. 11/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/effects-of-smoke-free-workplace.html

87. Chantix (varenicline) safety being reviewed by FDA. 11/21/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/chantix-varenicline-safety-being.html

88. New study of Chantix in comparison with NRT. 11/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/11/new-study-of-chantix-in-comparison-with.html

89. Does laser therapy or acupuncture help smokers quit? 12/10/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/does-laser-therapy-or-acupuncture-help.html

90. The Allen Carr “easy way” to quit smoking. 12/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/allen-carr-easy-way-to-quit-smoking-1.html

91. Allen Carr’s “Easy Way” to quit smoking – 2. 12/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/allen-carrs-easy-way-to-quit-2.html

92. Planning to quit smoking with Chantix. 12/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/planning-to-quit-smoking-with-chantix.html

93. Have a happy healthy holiday. 12/23/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/have-happy-healthy-holiday.html

94. Ready steady…… 12/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/ready-steady.html

94. Almost time to quit. 12/30/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/12/almost-time-to-quit.html