To stop doing or using something abruptly and completely. The phrase is most often used to describe the cessation of an addiction. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stop" and "cold."I tried quitting smoking for several years, using nicotine patches, gums, and even hypnotherapy. Eventua...
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In 1998, the UK government published a White Paper outlining a comprehensive range of measures to reduce smoking rates across the population. In the same year a detailed overview of the evidence base for smoking cessation activities within the NHS was published. Both these documents provide useful...
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Three drugs are licensed in the UK for the support of smoking cessation and have proven efficacy.24 Electronic cigarettes There has been an increase in recent years in the popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or ‘vaping’. They are currently used by 2.3 million adults in the ...
More than 4 times as many individuals from the Quit Sense cohort had successfully quit than those who received NHS support alone. This is the first mobile app using AI to help individuals quit smoking, and investigators suggest it could contribute significantly to the UK government’s initiative ...
Attributable fraction estimates suggest tobacco smoking cessation in white UK-born young adults may help reduce about a fifth TB cases in the target population, while drug addiction prevention could help avert nearly 15% TB. A UK-based qualitative study had highlighted the need to integrate care ...
In general, studies have shown that smoking cessation programs are highly cost effective when compared with interventions in other areas. It has been estimated that if the UK's National Health Service covered the cost of nicotine patches for quitters, the average cost per LYS would be £392 ...
We did not find studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the intervention in the UK.doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.117NasserMonaBritish Dental JournalNasser M. Evidence summary: is smoking cessation an effective and cost-effective service to be introduced in NHS dentistry? Br Dent J. 2011;210:169-...