Nicotine replacement therapy NRT is safe and effective and when used in isolation (without additional behavioural support) approximately doubles the chances of long-term abstinence.45, 46 There are six different types of NRT: patch (24hr and 16hr), gum, lozenge, microtab, nasal…
Daily Archives: April 2, 2009
Factors affecting the metabolism of Nicotine
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Certain factors, including gender, pregnancy and oral contraception, can affect the rate at which a smoker metabolises nicotine. This may have implications for the choice and strength of pharmacotherapy required. Fast metabolism of nicotine from NRT products means that some…
Number setting a quit date and successful quitters
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Number setting a quit date and successful quitters, by type of pharmacotherapy received, April to September 2008. England numbers/Percentages Product specifications
Legal Consortium files amicus brief in first impression tobacco-free pharmacy case
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William Mitchell’s Tobacco Control Legal Consortium and its California affiliate, the Tobacco Assistance Legal Center, filed an amicus brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on March 24 defending San Francisco’s pioneering ban on pharmacy sales of tobacco products…
Stop-smoking lines flooded as tobacco tax rises
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Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax. Denver-based National Jewish Health received triple the usual number of calls…