Cytisine Superior to Nicotine-Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Cytisine, a partial agonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, helps smokers quit tobacco more effectively than nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), according to a New England Journal of … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 18, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Outreach Program May Help Poorer Smokers Quit
Efforts included phone-based counseling and free nicotine-replacement therapy
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Disparities, Quitting Smoking (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How E-Cigarettes Are Helping Scientists Understand Smoking Addiction
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists say they have found the best way yet to analyze the effects of smoking on the brain -- by taking functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans of people while they puff on e-cigarettes. In a small pilot study, the researchers used electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, to mimic the behavioral aspects of smoking tobacco cigarettes, and say future studies could help scientists understand why smoking is so addictive. E-cigarettes use battery-powered cartridges to produce a nicotine-laced vapor to inhale -- hence the new term ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Comparative in vitro toxicity profile of electronic and tobacco cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and nicotine replacement therapy products: e-liquids, extracts and collected aerosols - Misra M, Leverette RD, Cooper BT, Bennett MB, Brown SE.
In this study, an in vitro battery of established assays was used to examine the cytotoxicity, mutag... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 8, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Smoking While Pregnant Linked to ADHD in Children
Expectant moms' use of nicotine-replacement therapy could also spell problems for kids, study suggests (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - July 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Smoking While Pregnant Linked to ADHD in Children
Expectant moms' use of nicotine-replacement therapy could also spell problems for kids, study suggests
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pregnancy and Substance Abuse (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - July 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paediatric poisoning due to nicotine replacement therapy products: an emerging hazard - Slaughter RJ, Shieffelbien LM, Temple WA, Schep LJ.
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Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Chrono Therapeutics gets $32M for smoking cessation wearable
Chrono Therapeutics, a Hayward, California-based company working on a new wearable for smoking cessation and drug delivery, has raised $32 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners and 5 am Ventures. Additional contributors included Fountain Healthcare Partners, and two strategic investors: GE Ventures and the Mayo Clinic. The company’s […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - June 12, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized 5 am Ventures Canaan Partners Chrono Therapeutics Fountain Healthcare Partners GE Ventures Mayo Clinic mobile drug delivery nicotine replacement therapy smoking cessation Source Type: news
E-cigs 'better than patches and gum' as quitting aid
Conclusion
This was a useful “real world” survey, which involved a large nationally representative sample of adults in England.
Researchers adjusted their results for a large number of potential confounders, including the degree of nicotine dependence and the time elapsed since participants’ attempt to quit begun.
However, as the authors point out, this was not an RCT, which is the best method of determining the effectiveness of treatments. This means that measured and unmeasured confounders could have affected the results.
Another important limitation is the study’s reliance on adults self-reporting whether th...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Understanding and Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Nonpharmacologic Smoking Cessation Strategies Among Chinese and Vietnamese Smokers and Their Families
(Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease)
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - February 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Fetal exposure to nicotine increases long-term risk of obesity
(University of Western Ontario) Many women are encouraged to quit smoking when they become pregnant using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) whether as gum, transdermal patches, nasal spray or lozenges. But new research from Western University led by Daniel Hardy, Ph.D., has shown that nicotine from either smoking or NRT causes a wide range of long-term adverse reactions for the offspring, including an increased risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome by influencing the liver to produce more triglyceride. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Quit-Smoking Products Won't Harm the Heart, Review Finds
But patients should not keep smoking while on nicotine-replacement therapy, experts warn (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quit-Smoking Products Won't Harm the Heart, Review Finds
But patients should not keep smoking while on nicotine-replacement therapy, experts warn
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Arrhythmia, Quitting Smoking (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene May Predict Smokers' Response to Cessation TherapyGene May Predict Smokers' Response to Cessation Therapy
Variations in the CYP2A6 gene, which controls nicotine metabolism, may make some smokers more responsive to nicotine replacement therapy. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Study finds no increased risk of suicide in patients using smoking cessation drugs
A study to assess whether patients prescribed smoking cessation drugs are at an increased risk of suicide, self-harm and treated depression compared with users of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has found no evidence of an increased risk. The findings, led by researchers from the University of Bristol, are published online in the British Medical Journal [BMJ] today [11 October]. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - October 11, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news
