Smoking Cessation

Studies that have found a link between smoking and COVID-19 severity provide a new reason for primary care physicians to keep talking to their patients about ways to quit smoking, an expert told Healio.

Among Black adults, an acceptance and commitment therapy-based smartphone app was more effective for smoking cessation compared with a conventional app, researchers reported in Addiction.

Pregnant women were more likely to adhere to smoking abstinence if they received financial incentives as part of their treatment plan, according to findings published in The BMJ.

Compared with cancer survivors, stroke survivors were less likely to quit smoking, with nearly 40% continuing to smoke after the stroke, suggested new data.

Flavors are an important motivator for e-cigarette uptake in youth, but the role of flavored e-cigarettes on uptake of tobacco smoking or cessation remains unclear, according to a systematic review published in Addiction.

Julie A. Barta, MD, pulmonologist and assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, spoke with Healio about a presentation on lung cancer in women from CHEST 2021.

E-cigarette use among adults was associated with increased odds of developing asthma and COPD, especially among older adults, women and Hispanic Americans, according to new data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Using a combination of nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline may be more effective as first-line therapy for smoking cessation than varenicline alone, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses a presentation from World Conference on Lung Cancer which focused on the importance of integrating tobacco cessation strategies into lung cancer practice in a video interview with Healio

In this video, Matthew A. Steliga, MD, discusses cessation program engagement data that was presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.