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October 05, 2022
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Effective practice facilitators improve CVD management in primary care

Effective practice facilitators improve CVD management in primary care

Effective facilitators in primary care settings helped practices to think more critically and motivated them to support change, resulting in significant improvements in preventive CVD care, a recent study found.

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September 22, 2022
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Tobacco cessation counseling for hospitalized patients by trained medical students.

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September 09, 2022
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Intensive telephone-based intervention boosted smoking cessation at 3 months

Intensive telephone-based intervention boosted smoking cessation at 3 months

Immediate provision of an intensive telephone-based smoking cessation intervention was associated with increased rates of smoking cessation at 3 months, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

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September 07, 2022
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Icosapent ethyl decreases CV event risk in smokers to level of never smokers

Icosapent ethyl decreases CV event risk in smokers to level of never smokers

In current and former smokers, treatment with icosapent ethyl reduced CV event risk to levels observed in never smokers, according to new data from REDUCE-IT presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

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September 01, 2022
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Dietary flavonoids may mitigate some risk for smoking-related COPD

Dietary flavonoids may mitigate some risk for smoking-related COPD

Higher intake of dietary flavonoids may mitigate some risk for COPD in current and former smokers, according to a study published in European Respiratory Journal.

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August 10, 2022
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Cancer deaths linked to smoking lead to substantial losses of life years, earnings

Cancer deaths linked to smoking lead to substantial losses of life years, earnings

Cigarette smoking-attributable cancer deaths appeared associated with nearly 2.2 million person-years of life lost and $20.9 billion in lost earnings across the United States in 2019, according to study results.

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August 04, 2022
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Smoking quit attempts declined during COVID-19 pandemic

Smoking quit attempts declined during COVID-19 pandemic

Among U.S. adults, there was an immediate decrease in smoking-cessation activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data published in JAMA Network Open.

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August 03, 2022
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MS-CHAT: Counseling from trained medical students may help patients quit smoking

MS-CHAT: Counseling from trained medical students may help patients quit smoking

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trained medical students may be able to provide effective tobacco cessation counseling to hospitalized patients, thereby improving patient access to counseling services, a speaker reported.

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July 20, 2022
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Optimal CV health behaviors may mitigate genetic risk for stroke

Optimal CV health behaviors may mitigate genetic risk for stroke

Maintaining optimal CV health by following the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 protected people from stroke, even among those at high genetic risk, data from a long-term analysis show.

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June 27, 2022
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Primary care intervention significantly improves smoking cessation

Primary care intervention significantly improves smoking cessation

Primary care clinics that implemented an outreach intervention had a greater proportion of patients who converted from current to former smokers than clinics without the intervention, according to findings published in Preventive Medicine.

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