Introduction: Tobacco is one of the main causes of preventable mortality in our environment, in addition to having been correlated with numerous diseases. Smoking cessation improves health status and life expectancy. Pharmacological treatment of smoking cessation increases the likelihood that patient will successfully quit smoking.
Method And Design: A search was carried out in the PubMed and UpToDate databases, obtaining a total of 11 systematic reviews or meta-analyses published in the last five years. After applying inclusion criteria and reading summaries, 5 total articles were obtained for the final review.
Results And Discussion: Cytisine is a safe and effective treatment for smoking cessation. The most effective treatment in the clinical trials reviewed is varenicline associated with nicotine replacement therapy.There is less evidence collected on cytisine treatment, but it shows that it is also an effective therapy in smoking cessation, also demonstrating its usefulness in the long term. In addition, therapy with cytisine seems to entail fewer adverse effects than treatment with varenicline.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.33620/FC.2173-9218.(2024).17 | DOI Listing |
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
An analysis of 1771 Canadian adults who smoke or used to smoke cigarettes was conducted using data from the 2022 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey. Using weighted data, we estimated the prevalence of Canadian adults who tried to quit smoking between 2020 and 2022, and the use of a nicotine vaping product (NVP) and the flavours and devices used most often at their most recent quit attempt. Overall, 36.
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January 2025
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the potential impacts of the introduction of a smoke-free generation (SFG) policy in Canada with a perpetual ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after 2009 instigated on 1 January 2025.
Methods: An existing Canadian model relating to smoking cessation was adapted and augmented to assess the impact of an SFG policy on quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), life expectancy, health care costs, smoking-related taxes, and Canadian tobacco industry gross domestic product (GDP). The cumulative impact of the policy for the entire Canadian population was assessed for time horizons up to 90 years with an annual discount rate of 1.
Background: The use of digital health strategies for cancer care increased dramatically in the United States over the past 4 years. However, a dearth of knowledge remains about the use of digital health for cancer prevention for some populations with heath disparities. Therefore, the purpose of the present scoping review was to identify digital health interventions for cancer prevention designed for people with disabilities.
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Design: Case series.
Setting: Nine academic level 1 trauma centers.
Tob Prev Cessat
January 2025
Institute of Primary Health Care, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Introduction: Many tobacco smokers try to quit with electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS or e-cigarettes). We aimed to describe e-liquid flavors and nicotine concentration use over 6 months in a prospective cohort of smokers willing to quit with ENDS.
Methods: We included 622 participants from the intervention group of the Efficacy, Safety and Toxicology of ENDS randomized controlled trial.
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