Smoking cessation

FDA considers lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes

The United States government has said it will consider regulating to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes, in an effort to avoid millions of tobacco-related deaths across the country.…

Benefits of smoking cessation medicines decline over first year

Research has shown that the proportion of people who benefit from smoking cessation medicines dwindles over the first year of use…

Two-way link between e-cigarette and smoking experimentation in young people

A study of 11- to 18-year-olds in the UK has found that experimenting with e-cigarettes or smoking can influence some young people to go on to try the other…

Smokers avoiding NRT and e-cigarettes over misunderstanding of risk

More than half of smokers attempt to quit by going ‘cold turkey’ without any aid to help them break the habit, Public Health England has said.…

Switching from cigarettes to tobacco heating products reduces exposure to toxicants, tobacco industry study finds

When smokers switch completely from cigarettes to tobacco heating products, their exposure to certain cigarette smoke toxicants is significantly reduced, research by British American Tobacco has found.…

Vaping comes out of the smoking closet

Public Health England has called on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to expedite the licensing of e-cigarettes as medicinal stop-smoking aids.…

Smoking cessation drug linked to cardiovascular adverse events

In a study of new varenicline users, researchers found that the incidence of cardiovascular events was 34% higher during the 12-week treatment period than in the year before or after use…

Cancer Research-funded study suggests quit-smoking services should work with vape shops

Stop-smoking services should consider working with reputable vape shops to ensure that people attempting to quit smoking using e-cigarettes receive the highest level of support.…

E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, Public Health England says

There is now “compelling evidence” that NHS patients would benefit, new review shows…

Stop-smoking services from community pharmacists cut by a fifth of local authorities in past three years

A freedom of information request from The Pharmaceutical Journal revealed that almost a fifth of local authorities in England decommissioned community pharmacy-led smoking cessation services in the past three years…