To stop smoking is always a top New Year's resolution. However, it's often hard to make it happen. Fox Chase Cancer Center's Tobacco Treatment program incorporates fresh approaches to reach more ...

IQWiG has now published its final benefit assessment of bupropion, cytisine, nicotine and varenicline for smoking cessation, also in combination with each other, compared with no drug therapy.

Quitting smoking cigarettes could enable a person with a substance abuse disorder to recover from their addiction to alcohol or drugs, a recent study stated. The findings highlighted that there was a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A universal screening and opt-out referral strategy may reduce disparities in tobacco treatment access and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tobacco treatment reach and smoking cessation rates were collected before and after implementation of a point-of ...

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 ...

Smoking cessation in advanced-stage cancer patients can extend life by about one year, highlighting its importance in cancer care. Innovative models like point-of-care tobacco treatment are ...

Brandon Omernik has served as a tobacco treatment specialist at Fred Hutch since 2021. He began working in tobacco prevention with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Federal Drug Administration.

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Researchers have long known that people ...