Search results for "Smoking Cessation"
Longer counseling improved tobacco abstinence in older patients screened for lung cancer
Abstinence was more common at six months in those assigned to receive eight sessions of telehealth counseling over 12 weeks versus four sessions over four weeks, a trial found, but no difference was seen in those offered two versus eight weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy or those offered screening and referral for social determinants of health.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/03/04/2.htm
4 Mar 2025
Semaglutide shows promise for smoking cessation
Patients taking semaglutide were less likely to have a medical encounter that included a diagnosis of tobacco use disorder than patients taking any of seven other diabetes medications, a retrospective study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/07/30/1.htm
30 Jul 2024
Increased doses of smoking cessation therapy improved quit rates following treatment failure
Raising doses of varenicline or nicotine replacement therapy increased abstinence rates in patients for whom an initial dose of varenicline or combined nicotine replacement therapy was ineffective, a two-part trial found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2024
Promoting second quit attempts right after relapse may improve rates of smoking abstinence
A randomized trial found that patients who wanted to quit smoking but relapsed after a first attempt were more likely to succeed if their primary care physicians encouraged them to try quitting again immediately.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/06/1.htm
6 Feb 2024
Cytisinicline shows promise for smoking cessation in industry-funded trial
In a phase 3 randomized controlled trial, both six- and 12-week courses of cytisinicline, an investigational drug, led to higher rates of continuous smoking abstinence compared with placebo.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/1.htm
18 Jul 2023
Repeated tobacco screening linked to higher likelihood of smoking cessation treatment
The average adjusted predicted probability of prescription and/or referral for smoking cessation rose from 13.7% among current and former smokers screened once to 41.7% among those screened five or six times, a study of Veterans Affairs primary care clinics found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/06/13/4.htm
13 Jun 2023
Varenicline plus counseling improved smoking quit rates compared to counseling alone
In a randomized, double-blind trial of Black adults who smoked daily, participants who received varenicline in addition to counseling had significantly higher odds of smoking abstinence after 26 weeks than those who received counseling and placebo.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/06/21/1.htm
21 Jun 2022
Helping more patients quit smoking
Asking patients about smoking and advising them to quit is not enough to set them up for success.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/helping-more-patients-quit-smoking.htm
1 Jun 2022
EHR-integrated alerts may improve referrals to quitlines, but patient use remains low
A study of 22 primary care practices in Maryland found that while adding a prompt for a smoking quitline referral to the electronic health record (EHR) helped increase referral rates, only approximately 20% of patients called the quitline.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/03/15/4.htm
15 Mar 2022
Adding nicotine replacement therapy to varenicline monotherapy didn't increase smoking cessation
In a randomized trial of 1,251 adults who smoked five or more cigarettes per day, neither varenicline plus a nicotine patch nor extended-duration treatment was superior to 12 weeks of varenicline monotherapy for abstinence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/26/2.htm
26 Oct 2021
Quitting smoking after early-stage lung cancer diagnosis associated with improved survival
Patients who quit smoking after being diagnosed with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer had a 33% decrease in all-cause mortality and a 28% reduction in disease progression compared with those who continued smoking, a Russian prospective study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2021
ATS guideline strongly recommends varenicline for smoking cessation
A new clinical practice guideline from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) made five strong recommendations and two conditional recommendations regarding medications to treat adults with tobacco dependence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2020
E-cigarette use linked to increased risk of smoking relapse among those who quit cigarettes and nicotine
Findings from one study suggested that clinicians treating patients who formerly smoked and who have successfully quit all nicotine products should discourage use of electronic nicotine delivery systems, the authors concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/09/4.htm
9 Jun 2020
Smoking cessation study supports ‘never too early, never too late’
Smoking cessation was consistently related to lower risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease (PAD), although a significantly elevated risk for PAD persisted up to 30 years after smoking cessation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/23/4.htm
23 Jul 2019
Study links increased e-cigarette use to increased smoking quit rates in U.S.
Researchers compared smoking cessation rates of survey respondents who reported smoking cigarettes in the 12 months before the survey. Each survey had between 20,000 and 40,000 respondents who smoked, with declining sample sizes over time, largely due to declining smoking prevalence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/01/4.htm
1 Aug 2017
How should internists address e-cigarette use?
Inconsistent data have divided expert opinion on the safety of electronic nicotine delivery systems.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/ecigarettes.htm
1 Nov 2016
Abrupt smoking cessation yields better quit rates than gradual approach, study finds
Although abrupt cessation should be encouraged, gradual cessation programs could still be worthwhile if they increase the number of persons who try to quit or take up support and medication while trying.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/15/1.htm
15 Mar 2016
Smoking cessation therapies may have similar quit rates
Compared with the nicotine patch, both varenicline and combination nicotine replacement therapy significantly reduced withdrawal and craving symptoms early, but the effect did not translate into superior 26- or 52-week abstinence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/02/4.htm
2 Feb 2016
More active clinician interventions may help smokers quit
The intensity of treatment, in terms of number and length of sessions, is associated with quitting success; more intensive treatments result in greater rates of abstinence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/23/4.htm
23 Jun 2015
Inexpensive drug, automated phone system effective in helping patients quit
Two potentially low-cost smoking cessation treatments were evaluated in studies published last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/23/4.htm
23 Dec 2014