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Characteristics of first-time varenicline users – A cross-sectional study in Finnish quitters

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Varenicline is an efficacious medicine for smoking cessation (SC) but little is known about the characteristics of varenicline users. This study examined the characteristics of first-time (naïve) varenicline users in Finland and compared those
Hanna E. Tervonen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Varenicline decreases nicotine but not alcohol self-administration in genetically selected Marchigian Sardinian alcohol-preferring (msP) rats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Alcohol and nicotine are largely co-abused. Here, we investigated whether concurrent exposure to both addictive drugs influences each other's consumption and whether varenicline attenuates alcohol consumption in the presence of nicotine ...
Ciccocioppo, Roberto   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Two-year efficacy of varenicline tartrate and counselling for inpatient smoking cessation (STOP study): A randomized controlled clinical trial.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionVarenicline tartrate is superior for smoking cessation to other tobacco cessation therapies by 52 weeks, in the outpatient setting. We aimed to evaluate the long-term (104 week) efficacy following a standard course of inpatient-initiated ...
Kristin V Carson-Chahhoud   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Economic Impact of Smoking and of Reducing Smoking Prevalence: Review of Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking is the cause of many preventable diseases and premature deaths in the UK and around the world. It poses enormous health- and non-health-related costs to the affected individuals, employers, and the society at large.
Brown, AK, Ekpu, VU
core   +1 more source

Prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in the "real world" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
It is important to know the comparative effectiveness of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation when prescribed under routine circumstances and in the general population. Previous estimates relied on cross-sectional data.
Brown, J, Kotz, D, West, R
core   +1 more source

Integration of Tobacco Treatment Services into Cancer Care at Stanford. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
As part of a National Cancer Institute Moonshot P30 Supplement, the Stanford Cancer Center piloted and integrated tobacco treatment into cancer care. This quality improvement (QI) project reports on the process from initial pilot to adoption within 14 ...
Fielding-Singh, Priya   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Psychedelic‐assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic‐assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic‐assisted treatment for AUD, TUD, and SUD; to evaluate its
Theodore Piper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of retreatment with varenicline after failure with or relapse after initial treatment for smoking cessation

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objectives: A recent trial showed the clinical benefit of retreatment with varenicline in subjects failing on the initial treatment, or relapsing after initial success.
Lieven Annemans   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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