Stop Smoking News Archive

08-Feb-2008

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FDA Issues Public Health Advisory On Chantix (Medical News Today)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking. On Nov.

Wash. Lawmakers Seek Smoking Ban in Cars (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

In a state that already has banned smoking inside restaurants and bars and texting in cars, lawmakers want to snuff out smoking in cars if children are in the vehicle.

Study: Healthy People Cost Governments More (NPR)

There are a lot of good reasons for people to lose weight and stop smoking -- but saving money on lifetime health care costs isn't one of them, according to a study out of the Netherlands. The researchers found that healthy people cost governments more in the long run because they live years longer.

Successful Quitting Increase - NPA Resources Available For Pharmacy Services, UK (Medical News Today)

NPA has support resources for members wanting to provide a stop smoking service in light of the increasing number of people giving up. Data published this week by The Information Centre for Health and Social Care shows that almost 165,000 people in England gave up smoking with the help of the NHS last summer, when smoking was banned in enclosed public spaces.

New FDA advisory on Chantix (varenicline) (News-Medical-Net)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking.

Well-Being In Brief: 02/06/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

Program addresses women's depression; Bake sale, auction benefit youngster; Ski proceeds benefit women with cancer; Men's healing group starts Sunday; Radon home test kits available; Medical equipment giveaway event; Nurse presents genetics program; Hospital hosts 'stop smoking' clinic; CPR offered for first respondents; Senior center offers weight loss sessions

WHO finds anti-smoking efforts fall far short (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Global efforts to avoid tens of millions of preventable deaths by reducing tobacco use have been slow to take hold, and no country has fully adopted the World Health Organization's recommendations, WHO said on Thursday.

Warning about a stop smoking drug (680 News)

Washington - A warning is being issued about a stop-smoking drug sold by prescription in Canada and the United States. In Canada, the drug is sold under the name "Champix,'' while it's known as "Chandrix'' in the U-S.

FDA Steps Up Warnings on Chantix (Join Together Online)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is "increasingly likely" that the stop-smoking drug Chantix can cause depression, suicidal thoughts and other psychiatric problems, the Associated Press reported Feb. 1.

State puts little into smoking cessation efforts (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia receives about $150 million a year from the 1998 tobacco manufacturers' settlement with the states. It spends just 2 percent of it on programs to prevent residents from smoking or to help them quit. By spending just a small fraction of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for tobacco control programs, the state has 214,000 more smokers than it might otherwise, ...