Healthline Blogs
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Triple combination therapy for medically ill smokers
Today sees the publication of a new study by Dr Michael Steinberg and colleagues at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, examining the effect of more intensive smoking cessation treatment in smokers with pre-existing medical con...
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Nicotine Addiction: How It Can Trick You Into “Absent-Minded” Smoking.
When we think of the challenges of beating nicotine addiction we usually think of strong cravings and struggling with severe irritability and restlessness. However, sometimes the addiction works in much more subtle ways. Sometimes the addicted min...
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New Report on Cigarette Smoking in USA
An important new report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was released this week by Dr Gary Giovino and colleagues. This report provides details on recent changes in cigarette smoking in every state. It used the best quality data from...
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10th Anniversary of Whyquit.com
Last week marked the 10th anniversary of a smoking cessation website called “whyquit.com”. Now those of you who know me, and know that website and its director, Mr John Polito, may wonder why I’m choosing to give it some free publicity. The websi...
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Wearing the patch prior to quitting
The normal recommended way to use the nicotine patch is to choose a “Target Quit Day”, smoke your last cigarette and get rid of all your tobacco the night before it, and then start wearing the patch instead of smoking on the morning of your quit d...
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Massachusetts smoking cessation benefit coverage leads to dramatic effects on cessation and health.
Across the country health insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatment - both counseling and medications – has been extremely patchy. For example, we ask all the new patients attending our smoking cessation clinic in New Jersey if their ins...
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Group Smoking Cessation Classes:
Hi everyone! I'm Carrie, and I've been contributing to this blog off and on, documenting my experiences with tobacco dependence. My contribution has been an experiment of sorts--providing a patient's perspective along with experts in the field of ...
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Chantix (varenicline) Safety
Last week a report was released by an organization called the “Institute for Safe Medication Practices” (ISMP) which claimed to have safety concerns about Chantix (varenicline, also marketed as Champix outside the United States). The Executive Sum...
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Chantix (varenicline) safety being reviewed by FDA
The issue of Chantix safety and particularly its potential psychiatric side effects have been previously discussed on this blog with many informative comments from Chantix users and their family members:"Chantix: how does this new stop smoking med...
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Stop smoking books: which ones help most?
On this blog we have discussed helpful internet sites, counseling formats and medications, but so far we havn’t yet discussed self-help books that are designed to help the reader to quit. This past weekend I spent some time in Barnes and Noble che...
