Vapes more effective than other smoking cessation methods, Cochrane review finds The Cochrane review authors also found that nicotine e-cigarettes outperformed non-nicotine cigarettes in terms of smoking cessation, with two more quitters per 100 people.…
Patient death prompts concerns about clozapine and smoking cessation awareness A patient died in October 2025 from fatal clozapine toxicity after he suddenly stopped smoking.…
Health news round-up: relabelling prostate cancer, zoonotic diseases and e-cigarette chemicals The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Pharmacist and dentist-led smoking cessation clinic led to 20% quit rate The smoking cessation programme offered continuous behavioural counselling, pharmacological therapy and dental care incentives for participants who expressed a willingness to quit.…
Health news round up: diabetes, vaping and biologics The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: tobacco and vapes bill, unlicensed emergency medicine and GLP-1s in pregnancy Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: Alzheimer’s treatment, retatrutide results and kidney cancer guidelines A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
A pharmacy guide for smoking cessation consultations This step-by-step guide outlines how pharmacists and pharmacy teams can encourage patients to make an initial decision to quit smoking, going on to provide advice and support on nicotine replacement therapy and relapse prevention.…
Everything you need to know about oral nicotine pouches Use of oral nicotine pouches is on the rise, especially among younger people. But what are they, how do they work and what are their potential health impacts?…
Leeds pharmacists to supply smoking cessation medication under PGD Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire said the service was aimed to address the lack of local access to smoking cessation drugs varenicline and cytisinicline.…
