Stop Smoking News Archive

05-Jul-2006

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Clinic offers stop-smoking regimen that scares doctors (Tennessean)

A $400 treatment touted as a sure way to quit smoking is being offered at a Nashville doctor's office, even though medical experts say there's no valid proof it's effective ? and can be dangerous.

Best Bets (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Learn about adopting from China, Vietnam, Russia, Colombia and Kazakhstan at a free informational meeting on international adoption held by a family who adopted through Children's Hope International, a non-profit adoption and humanitarian agency.

New drug helps patients stop smoking, researchers say (CBC)

A new stop-smoking drug appears to work better than drugs currently on the market, but it's likely that no pill will ever be 100 per cent effective, scientists say.

Pill helps smokers kick the habit (The Oregonian)

Smokers looking to quit may get a boost from a new pill that seems significantly better than existing drugs at helping people stop smoking.

Drug may help smokers quit, 3 studies find (Deseret Morning News)

A new medication that reduces the craving for cigarettes and abates withdrawal symptoms appears to be more effective in helping people break the smoking habit than the best therapy currently available, the nicotine-replacement drug bupropion, according to three studies published Tuesday.

New drug shows promise in helping smokers quit (Bradenton Herald)

A new medication that reduces the craving for cigarettes and abates withdrawal symptoms appears to be more effective in helping people break their smoking habits than the best therapy currently available, the nicotine-replacement drug bupropion, according to three studies published Tuesday.

Sucking Helium Could Reveal Hidden Lung Damage (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

Clowns and party-goers suck helium from balloons to make their voices squeaky, but soon, seemingly healthy smokers could inhale it to explore such conditions as emphysema and asthma. A new test devised by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists starts with smokers breathing in a liter of the harmless gas, mixed with nitrogen, through a straw and finishes with an MRI that can detect how far

Anger at stop-smoking rewards (NZCity)

National is aghast that the government's pumping $1.5 million into a controversial stop-smoking programme for young people. The initiative involves giving away state of the art video phones to around 1,300 people aged 18 to 24.

New Drug Helps Smokers Quit and Stay Quit (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

TUESDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- The drug Chantix (varenicline) quadruples a smoker's odds of kicking the habit, and is twice as effective as another smoking-cessation drug, Zyban (bupropion), according to three studies published in the July 5 Journal of the American Medical Association.

Stop-smoking pill stimulates sex drive (Bradenton Herald)

Ijust read a question about whether or not bupropion could serve as a sexual stimulant for healthy people. I'm only one person, but I can answer: For one healthy woman the answer is yes. A thousand, happy times yes.