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Trying to quit smoking? Patches, drugs help: study

Smokers have considerably more success when they use nicotine patches or prescription medications than when they try to go it alone, an international study found.
Reuters
added Sep 6, 2012 07:17
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Effectiveness of stop-smoking medications: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

Consistent with evidence from randomized controlled trials, smokers in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States are more likely to succeed in quit attempts if they use varenicline, bupropion or nicotine patch.
Addiction
added Sep 5, 2012 16:46
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[UK] Champix better than patches for smoking cessation

New research shows that Pfizer’s Champix is better than nicotine patch therapy at helping smokers kick the habit. A Pfizer UK commissioned meta-analysis showed that patients taking Champix were significantly more likely to quit smoking and continue to ab
InPharm.com (uk)
added Aug 8, 2012 12:46
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[South Africa] How I coped on anti-smoking drug

BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS, SAYS PULMONOLOGIST
The Independent Online (IOL) / The Post (za)
added Aug 7, 2012 23:55
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Effectiveness of varenicline for smoking cessation at 2 urban academic health centers. [Eur J Intern Med. 2012]

Counseled patients were more likely to maintain abstinence (13% vs. 7.8%, p=0.04). Side effects were more common with varenicline than NRT (6.5% vs. 2.5%, p=0.07). CONCLUSION: In an inner city clinic, abstinence rates were lower than those in clinical
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
added Jul 30, 2012 11:54
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[UK] Nicotine vaccine could help consign smoking to ashtray

Grace Hammond asks if science could be on the brink of a breakthrough.
Yorkshire Post (uk)
added Jul 23, 2012 10:42
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VIDEO: Nicotine Vaccine Could Be Breath of Fresh Air for Smokers: Scientific American Video

Scientists are developing a nicotine vaccine that, with just one injection, will prevent the pleasure-triggering chemicals in tobacco from ever reaching the brain.
Scientific American
added Jul 18, 2012 03:40
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Nicotine addiction: An interview with Dr. Crystal

News-Medical.net
added Jul 3, 2012 14:01
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Lab Notes: Smoker? We Have a Shot for That

Using gene therapy to create long-lasting production of antibodies to nicotine, blocking its physiological effects, passed an initial test in mice.
MedPage Today
added Jul 2, 2012 09:58
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Experimental Vaccine Seems to Stop Nicotine Addiction in Mice

More animal research is needed before testing the shot in humans, researchers say
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Jul 1, 2012 08:35
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