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Don't Quit on the Quest to Stop Smoking (Black Voices)
Fri Nov 06 12:41:49 PST 2009
Filed under: Women's Health , Men's Health , Diet & Nutrition , Fitness , Disease Prevention , Cancer On average, a smoker attempts to quit smoking seven times before she or he is successful, Virgie Bright-Ellington, M.D. writes in 'What Your Doctor Wants You To Know But Doesn't Have Time to Tell...
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'Light' Cigarettes Hurt Quit-Smoking Effort (WebMD)
Thu Nov 05 15:56:47 PST 2009
A study shows switching to "light" cigarettes may undermine a person's resolve to quit smoking.
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More smokers with mild-to-moderate COPD quit smoking using varenicline compared with placebo: Study (PharmaBiz)
Thu Nov 05 20:51:25 PST 2009
New study results showed that 42.3 per cent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who took Chantix/Champix (varenicline) were able to quit smoking and remain abstinent during the last four weeks of treatment (weeks 9-12) compared with 8.8 per cent of those...
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Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking Using CHANTIX/CHAMPIX(R) (Varenicline) Compared ... (Medical News Today)
Thu Nov 05 16:14:35 PST 2009
New study results showed that 42.3 percent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who took CHANTIX/CHAMPIX® (varenicline) were able to quit smoking and remain abstinent during the last four weeks of treatment (weeks 9-12) compared with 8.
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Baby & Me-Tobacco Free, a pregnancy smoking cessation program now in Summit (Summit Daily News)
Sat Nov 07 17:06:34 PST 2009
Baby & Me-Tobacco Free, a pregnancy smoking cessation program now in Summit Staff Writer Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP) Foundation has expanded its program to help pregnant women quit smoking. As the second year of the program is implemented in 2009, 22 more counties will be participating....
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Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking Using CHANTIX/CHAMPIX® (Varenicline) Compared With ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed Nov 04 13:33:00 PST 2009
SAN DIEGO----New study results showed that 42.3 percent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who took CHANTIX/CHAMPIX® were able to quit smoking and remain abstinent during the last four weeks of treatment compared with 8.8 percent of those given placebo .
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Lozenge Plus Patch The Best Way To Quit Smoking (The Inquisitr)
Wed Nov 04 01:13:34 PST 2009
Madison, WI (AHN) – A new study suggests that the nicotine patch combined with the nicotine lozenge is the most effective way to quit smoking. The researchers with the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and...
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Nicotine patch and lozenge can help smokers quit (MalaysiaNews.net)
Fri Nov 06 01:20:46 PST 2009
Washington, Nov 6 (IANS) In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appeared most effective at helping smokers quit, according to new research.
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Quit-It bus seeks out smokers (Oldham Chronicle)
Fri Nov 06 03:34:17 PST 2009
A CAMPAIGN to help save lives through stubbing out smoking has been launched in Oldham. The Quit-It campaign targets people across Greater Manchester who are at risk of stroke and heart disease.
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ACS marks 34th Great American Smokeout urging smokers to quit (Elizabethton Star)
Thu Nov 05 15:11:16 PST 2009
As the official sponsor of birthdays, the American Cancer Society marks the 34th Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 19, by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.
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