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Women at Higher Risk for Smoking Relapse Than Men

Women face biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors that complicate smoking cessation, prompting experts to call for sex-specific strategies to improve quit success.

Automated intervention shows significant increase in smoking cessation behavior

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that a new automated tobacco treatment system integrated into ...
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Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications show promise for curbing smoking, study suggests

A growing set of evidence suggests that using semaglutide could lead to decreased substance use, and a large new study shows a promising link between the medication and tobacco use. But experts ...
Lane Report

Markey study shows smoking cessation can become standard cancer care nationwide

A new study co-authored by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Jessica Burris, Ph.D., Timothy Mullett, ...
Daily Herald

Patient advocate: Smoking cessation is beneficial at any age

If there’s one habit every doctor wishes you would break, it’s smoking. Quitting significantly improves health and reduces the risk of diseases. And this is true no matter what age you are, from ...
STAT

Millions of Americans want to quit smoking. Critics say drugmakers and the FDA are failing them

WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...
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Uptake of smoking cessation support high when offered at lung cancer screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors related to smoking (nicotine dependency, self-efficacy for quitting) impacted uptake of cessation ...
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Emergency departments prove fertile ground for smoking cessation success

In a recent study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, researchers discuss the outcomes of the Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED) study, which aimed to understand ...
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Integrated care ‘best treatment option’ for smoking cessation during lung cancer screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Integrated care of nicotine replacement, pharmacotherapy and counseling proved most durable for smoking ...
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High-Dose Psychedelic Beats Nicotine Patches for Smoking Cessation

Psilocybin "should move forward in the FDA process," researchers say ...

As advocates warn KY is ‘losing ground’ on smoking cessation, legislature approves funding cuts

The Kentucky Senate’s version of the state budget proposal keeps cuts made by the House to tobacco cessation. Barring any changes, the legislature will put just shy of $1.8 million in the ...

Bill would allocate WV’s Juul settlement money to smoking, vaping cessation program

A bill completed during West Virginia’s 2026 regular legislative session would allocate some of the state’s $7.9 million settlement with vaping device company Juul toward anti-smoking and vaping ...