The addition of electronic cigarettes to standard smoking-cessation counseling results in greater abstinence from tobacco use among smokers than smoking-cessation counseling alone, according to a ...

Among American adults who have a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, 57 percent are smokers. In contrast, only 15 percent of U.S. adults overall ...

Eight counseling sessions with short-course nicotine replacement therapy delivered the best value per quit in a lung cancer ...

In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly after undergoing lung ...

The role of clinicians in smoking cessation The number of effective treatments to deter tobacco use is larger than ever. We offer a brief summary of what the experts recommend. The number of effective ...

Integrating smoking cessation into a lung cancer screening program had the biggest benefit for patients who wanted to quit, a randomized trial showed. Self-reported tobacco abstinence was greater at ...

Telephone counseling from certified counselors (RNs and registered respiratory therapists). Call (800) LUNG-USA (800-586-4872) and select option 2. American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking ...

We’ve known for decades that smoking leads to serious health problems including cancer, lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Despite the health risks, quitting smoking is a significant ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smokers who suffer a heart attack may have better odds of kicking the habit if they get intensive counseling starting in the hospital, new research suggests. In a study of ...

Study participants with rheumatoid arthritis who received a 6-week individualized smoking cessation program had greater quit rates than those who received usual care. Intensive smoking cessation ...

Among patients with type 2 diabetes and tobacco use disorder (TUD), use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) was associated with a reduced risk of medical encounters for TUD ...