Smoking Tied to Worse Bladder Cancer Outcomes After Surgery
Poor outcomes include lower response rate to chemotherapy, higher mortality, recurrence.
Poor outcomes include lower response rate to chemotherapy, higher mortality, recurrence.
Guideline offers simple practice changes that may increase effectiveness of tobacco-dependence pharmacotherapy.
Smoking history was significantly associated with increased odds of nocturia.
Authors say extending flavor ban to include menthol cigarettes could increase cessation, reduce initiation.
Successful smoking cessation involves a 2-pronged approach, since there are 2 components to smoking – physiological and behavioral, according to Nervana Elkhadragy, PharmD, MS, TTS, of Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, Indianapolis.
(HealthDay News) — The prevalence rates of smoking and cessation in adulthood are associated with levels of childhood smoking intensity, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Tian Hu, MD, PhD, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues conducted a study designed to confirm the relationship between…
To shed light on this complex subject, MPR interviewed Joshua D Brown, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy.
Higher doses of nicotine gum and patches also may increase quit rate
Estimates based on additional treatment following higher failure risk for first-line cancer treatment
One-year abstinence higher with e-cigarettes than other nicotine replacement products