Health
Q&A: How the FDA can help more people stop smoking
Although smoking rates have decreased in the U.S., more than 30 million people continue to smoke, resulting in nearly half a million deaths each year.
May 3, 2023
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News tagged with nicotine patches
Psychology & Psychiatry
Could psychedelics help you kick the habit?
Smoking is an incredibly hard habit to break. Anne Levine of Baltimore can attest to that.
Oct 26, 2022
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Addiction
To reduce smoking rates in prisons, cessation programs must be expanded and extended
More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been under-researched and under-resourced.
Jul 5, 2022
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Health
E-cigarettes may be more effective than nicotine patches in helping pregnant women who smoke quit, and are just as safe
E-cigarettes are just as safe as nicotine patches for pregnant women and may help more women stop smoking, new research from Queen Mary University of London suggests. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first ...
May 16, 2022
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Cardiology
Varenicline vs. nicotine patches: Similar risks of heart attack and stroke
Smoking cessation medicines varenicline and nicotine patches present similar risks of major cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke, a big data study published today in JAMA Network Open shows.
Nov 29, 2021
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Diabetes
Painless paper patch test for glucose levels uses microneedles
Patches seem to be all the rage these days. There are birth control patches, nicotine patches, and transdermal medicinal patches, just to name a few. Now, a team of researchers led by Beomjoon Kim at the Institute of Industrial ...
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
France testing whether nicotine could prevent coronavirus
Nicotine could protect people from contracting the coronavirus, according to new research in France, where further trials are planned to test whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly illness.
Apr 23, 2020
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Health
Want to stop smoking? Gums, patches, sprays or counseling may help
(HealthDay)—Many Americans who want to quit smoking aren't sure how, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
Apr 3, 2019
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Health
Three factors predict psych events with drugs for smoking cessation
(HealthDay)—Three factors predict clinically significant neuropsychiatric adverse events (NPSAEs) in smokers with or without mental health conditions who use cessation pharmacotherapy, according to a study published online ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Health
AHA: why it's so hard to quit smoking
The science behind why it's so difficult to quit smoking is crystal clear: Nicotine is addictive—reportedly as addictive as cocaine or heroin.
Oct 17, 2018
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