No smokers in either treatment group quit smoking entirely. Some changes in smoking intensity measures (cigarettes per day, expired CO) were seen in smokers, especially in the varenicline group (data to be reported separately). To examine whether these smoking changes mediated (accounted for) ...
Introduction: It is estimated that over 40 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes and more than 8 mil- lion of those have at least one severe illness caused by smoking.1 Patients should be encouraged to quit smoking with the assistance of counseling and pharmacotherapies. Because...
While the number of smokers in the U.S. has dropped over the years, nearly 1 in 6 American adults still lights up. Remember, there’s no safe amount of smoking. But what about e-cigarettes, you ask? The truth is, JUULs, vape pens, and mods haven’t been studied enough yet to fu...
Varenicline reduces depressive mood, craving and reward value of cigarettes when smokers attempt to quit, study reports Mar 27, 2013 Smoking cessation therapies more effective than placebos Jul 14, 2008 Light smokers benefit from nicotine-replacement medications Apr 11, 2013 Many options available...
SmokingAlcoholPURPOSE: The aim of the study was to examine the role of personality in a pregnant woman's consumption of medications, cigarettes, and alcohol. METHODS: The study included 835 pregnant women in Norway who responded to an electronic questionnaire posted on websites for pregnant women...
Participants were aged 38.5 years, 71.0% female, 36.6% minority race/ethnicity, 40.6% high school or less education, residing in all 50 US States and smoking 19.2 cigarettes/day. The 29.6% of all participants who used medications were more likely to choose nicotine replacement therapy (NRT; ...
assisted tobacco intervention offering free prescription smoking cessation medication by mail if the smoker visited a physician for authorization.Adult Ontarians, smoking at least 10 cigarettes daily, intending to quit within 30 days, with no contraindications to bupropion or varenicline were eligible. ...
Subjects: 143 men and women smoking an average of 22.6 (SD 7.0) cigarettes per day and exhibiting a Fagerstrm Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ) score of 7.0 (SD 1.9). Interventions: Subjects were asked to use as much NRT as they wished, yet to smoke enough to feel comfortable. Main outcome ...
SUBJECTS: 143 men and women smoking an average of 22.6 (SD 7.0) cigarettes per day and exhibiting a Fagerstr枚m Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ) score of 7.0 (SD 1.9). INTERVENTIONS: Subjects were asked to use as much NRT as they wished, yet to smoke enough to feel comfortable. MAIN ...
(3) Notably, smokeless tobacco users in the study who also smoked cigarettes had the highest risk of all tobacco users when compared to non-users (OR=4.09; 95% CI, 2.98-5.61). These findings demonstrate that nicotine dependence is detrimental to healt...