Doctors Need Training to Help Smokers Quit 
Newswise (press release)
Though many health providers tell people who smoke to quit, few offer advice on how to do so. * Providers who were trained in smoking cessation techniques offered guidance more often and had more patients quit smoking. By David Pittman, Contributing ...
Fremont Area Medical Center shares the benefits of quitting smoking Fremont Tribune

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Local teens help smoking rates hit all-time low in NC 
Asheville Citizen-Times
A news study indicates that teen smoking rates are at an all-time low in North Carolina, a success experts say is linked to teens like Jones working on tobacco prevention and cessation. / Special to the Citizen-Times ASHEVILLE ? A new study suggests a ...
NC teen smoking rates reach historic lows abc11.com

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'Ex-smokers are unstoppable campaign' launched 
MaltaToday
Addressing schoolchildren in a playground in Zebbug, Dalli said "I am particularly pleased that more than 165000 smokers are already actively using iCoach, our interactive smoking cessation tool. iCoach offers support with practical tips and advice as ...
Dalli urges children never to start smoking Times of Malta

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Doctors need training to help smokers quit 
Medical Xpress
Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds. Smoking cessation training helped health care providers identify interventions that help ...

 

Thousands in BC quit smoking thanks to QuitNow 
News1130
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It's been almost eight months since the province's smoking cessation program was launched. QuitNow director Jack Boomer says a huge number of people are taking advantage of the program since it was launched last September.

 

Guidelines Now Available for CT Lung Cancer Screening 
Medscape
The guidelines recommend annual screening with low-dose CT for smokers and former smokers 55 to 74 years of age who have smoked for 30 pack-years or more, and who either continue to smoke or who have quit within the past 15 years (grade 2B ...
Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk U.S. News & World Report
JAMA: CT lung cancer screening?proceed with caution Health Imaging

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Smoking Tied to Back Pain, Arthritis 
Everyday Health
They recommended that patients with axial spondyloarthritis be "strongly advised" to quit smoking, "as there seem to be disease-specific benefits that go beyond those described for the general population." Limitations of the analysis included the lack ...

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Morton Hospital to host free smoking cessation program 
Middleboro Gazette
TAUNTON ? Morton Hospital will host the American Cancer Society's Freshstart Smoking Cessation Program beginning on Wednesday, June 6. The program will consist of four one-hour sessions to be held on June 6, June 13, June 20 and June 27.
No cigarettes mean better recovery Windsor Star

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CSC-10 conducts anti-smoking symposium 
Philippine Information Agency
In the symposium, Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr. and Dr. Andrea Benas, both from DOH-Center for Health Development (CHD) discussed the harmful effects of smoking and smoking cessation, respectively. The participants were also provided with the salient features ...

 

Cardiologists Urged to Lead in Smoking Cessation 
MedPage Today
In one program, the "Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation," they boast a 35% to 50% absolute cessation rate and with a return on investment of 355%. DUBLIN -- Cardiologists as a group have largely ignored tobacco as a modifiable risk factor, ...
Present-day efforts to aid quit-smoking attempts are substandard, says expert TheHeart.Org

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