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Oregon to offer tobacco cessation
Oregon smokers who want to quit may find it a little easier due to some recent developments. For one, state legislators recently passed a new law that requires health insurance companies that do business in Oregon to provide a tobacco cessation benefit. “This is a great benefit,” said Dr. Charles Bentz, a Portland-based physician who [...]
The Government of Canada Announces Project that Supports Smoking Cessation
NORTH BATTLEFORD – Rob Clarke, Member of Parliament for Desnethe – Missinippi – Churchill River, today announced, on behalf of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, just over $165,000 in funding to Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health Services Inc. to reduce smoking rates in First Nations and increase the knowledge about the dangers of tobacco use and [...]
“Smoking Cessation: You Can Do It!”
As part of its “Perspectives in Health” educational series, Winthrop-University Hospital will offer a free lecture, “Smoking Cessation: You Can Do It!” on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 7:00 PM. The program will be held at Winthrop’s Community Outreach Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola. Peter Spiegler, MD, Director [...]
Tobacco prevention, cessation agency survives
Senate Bill 298, which threatens to abolish the Indiana Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Agency, essentially died in the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday with no action taken. The day before, at least 40 advocates supporting the agency testified before legislators for 2 1/2 hours, but no one from the public at-large spoke [...]
$2.3 million in federal smoking cessation programs
Medford — Gov. Deval Patrick this week announced more than $2.3 million in federal recovery funds to help smokers quit and prevent youth from becoming addicted to tobacco. Massachusetts received the full amount requested for all three tobacco cessation and prevention grants and is one of only a few states in the nation share that [...]
Smoking cessation rates improve with gain-framed messaging
Highlight the positives of refraining from an action rather than the negatives of sticking to the habit! That’s the moral that one may derive from the findings of a study on the impact of type of quitline messages and rates of smoking cessation. Researchers from Yale Cancer Center and Roswell Park cancer [abnormal cells that [...]
Reynolds American to Buy Smoking-Cessation Firm
Tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. agreed to buy Sweden’s Niconovum AB for about $44 million, gaining a foothold in the market for smoking-cessation products. The deal marks the latest move by Reynolds to diversify as the volume of cigarettes sold in the U.S. continues to decline. Reynolds, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., said it plans to [...]
Successful Tobacco Cessation Benefit May Benefit All
A comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit and community outreach program might shape the future of reimbursement. The benefit, launched two and a half years ago for Massachusetts Medicaid recipients, resulted in a significant drop in adverse medical conditions and an equally substantial decline in smoking rates overall. While the cost savings of these healthy behavior modifications [...]
NNMC Promotes Smoke Out, Tobacco Cessation
BETHESDA, Md. – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antoine Giacometti, LPO of the National Naval Medical Center’s (NNMC) Urology Clinic, had been a smoker for the last 16 years. Two months ago, he decided he was tired of the habit and no longer found it enjoyable. “I was tired of feeling chained to something,” Giacometti said, [...]
Pfizer reports positive results from smoking cessation study
Pfizer has reported positive results from a smoking cessation study which showed that 42.3% of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, who took Chantix/Champix were able to quit smoking and remain abstinent during the last four weeks of treatment compared with 8.8% of those given placebo. The multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial included [...]
Cancer Society smoking cessation trainer course
The Cayman Islands Cancer Society is offering a stop smoking “Train the Facilitator” course, in its continued efforts to help tobacco users break the habit. The seminar will be taught by Dr. Elbert Glover, the developer of the StartSmart™ Stop Smoking programme at the Governors Square boardroom at 9am on Saturday, 24th October. According to [...]
Canada Announces Funding for Tobacco Cessation Programs
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, federal Minister of Labour, today announced funding for a project administered through The Lung Association, Alberta & NWT that is designed to reduce tobacco use among employees who work in industries with higher than average smoking rates. Today’s announcement is being made on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of [...]
Medicaid adds to smoking cessation support
The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing announced today that Medicaid has increased how often smoking cessation medications may be prescribed to help clients quit smoking. This common sense policy change results in improved health for clients and decreased Medicaid costs by decreasing hospitalizations and provider visits. The expanded benefit gives providers the option [...]
Smoking cessation clinic offered at BCHS
Battle Creek Health System will again host the American Cancer Society’s ‘Fresh Start’ smoking cessation program, a free, four-part clinic Tuesdays and Thursdays, October 13, 15, 20, and 22. The classes will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. in The Cancer Care Center’s conference room. This program is a behavior modification training that can be used [...]
