New guidelines for treating tobacco dependence could significantly change the way clinicians help patients quit smoking cigarettes. Prior treatment approaches called for patients to stop smoking ...

The most recent Surgeon General Report on Smoking and Health initiated the decision to create smoking cessation guidelines for cancer patients, Peter G. Shields, MD, said during his session ...

July 05, 2024 Smoking cessation programs should combine behavioral interventions with medications, new guidelines say The World Health Organizations has released its first recommendations to help ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. An updated clinical practice guideline released Wednesday by the U.S. Public Health Service has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the first-ever clinical treatment guidelines, aimed at helping more than 750 million tobacco users around the world to quit the deadly habit. In ...

Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Cancer Patients Released. Da Hee Han, PharmD | March 16, 2015 . Time of Morning Smoke and Lung Cancer Risk Linked The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has introduced its first guidelines to help people quit smoking. The guidelines recommend a combination of behavioural support from healthcare providers ...

But deciding to quit — and sticking with it — can be difficult, as nicotine is an addictive substance. Smoking cessation medications and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) are designed to help ...

Zero’s Quit Kit, which Reitano says was developed by “medical experts in the field,” instead uses bupropion, which is also recommended according to 2008 guidelines developed by the Tobacco ...

Tobacco cessation is a public policy priority based on the impact of tobacco use. The annual number of deaths due to tobacco use is estimated at 443,000 in the U.S. and 400,000 in the Russian ...