Not exact matches
A new study puts the figure into stark numerical terms: while as many as 2,070 adults used e-cigs to
quit in 2015, another 168,000 young people who used the devices went on to become
smokers of conventional
cigarettes.
«Because almost 90 % of adult
smokers started smoking before the age of 18 and nearly 2,500 youth smoke their first
cigarette every day in the U.S., lowering nicotine levels could decrease the likelihood that future generations become addicted to
cigarettes and allow more currently addicted
smokers to
quit,» the agency wrote in a release.
«Because almost 90 % of adult
smokers started smoking before the age of 18 and nearly 2,500 youth smoke their first
cigarette every day in the U.S., lowering nicotine levels could decrease the likelihood that future generations become addicted to
cigarettes and allow more currently addicted
smokers to
quit,» the agency wrote.
Whether you think
cigarettes are bad or not,
smokers naturally have a hard time
quitting which means they'll continue to light up.
Adult
smokers who can't
quit or use approved cessation methods should be encouraged to switch to electronic
cigarettes, the American Cancer Society advises.
Most people today are going for the electronic
cigarette option because the e
cigarettes have been tried and proven to help many
smokers quit smoking.
Chief executive Maureen Moore said ending
cigarette displays in shops would «not just stop children from starting smoking, it will also support older
smokers who are trying to
quit».
One survey found that electronic
cigarettes helped almost nine out of ten
smokers quit tobacco completely.
The government wants to shock
smokers into
quitting by putting graphic pictures of the damage caused by smoking on
cigarette packs.
«Furthermore, high rates of dual use may result in greater total public health burden and possibly increased individual risk if a
smoker maintains an even low - level tobacco
cigarette addiction for many years instead of
quitting.»
«
Cigarette smokers are at far greater risk than the general public for developing lung cancer, and helping
smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health.
The first comparison of the two
quitting aids finds that
smokers who use electronic
cigarettes are as successful as those using the gold standard approach
«These results suggest that
smokers can
quit and remain abstinent from
cigarettes during mental health treatment and that this is a promising setting to promote smoking cessation.
20 per cent of
smokers said the ban had helped them cut down the number of
cigarettes they smoke, and an impressive 14 per cent of ex-
smokers credit the ban with helping them
quit altogether.
Some
smokers do respond with anger or indifference to alarming pictures on
cigarette packages, but in numerous health surveys around the world many
smokers report that graphic images motivate them to
quit.
«
Smokers with these chronic diseases may feel an urgent need to
quit or reduce combustible
cigarette use and may be willing to try new products.
«Combined therapy benefits
cigarette smokers trying to
quit compared to monotherapy.»
Because most clinicians are likely to see
smokers at times when a
quit date in the next month is not planned, the current study indicates that prescription of varenicline with a recommendation to reduce the number of
cigarettes smoked per day with the eventual goal of
quitting could be a useful therapeutic option for this population of
smokers.
Jon O. Ebbert, M.D., M.Sc., of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and colleagues randomly assigned 1,510
cigarette smokers to 24 weeks of varenicline or placebo with a reduction target of 50 percent or more in number of
cigarettes smoked by 4 weeks, 75 percent or more by 8 weeks, and a
quit attempt by 12 weeks.
Electronic
cigarettes are widely promoted and used to help
smokers quit traditional
cigarettes, but a new analysis from UC San Francisco found that adult
smokers who use e-
cigarettes are actually 28 percent less likely to stop smoking
cigarettes.
The study — a systematic review and meta - analysis of published data — is the largest to quantify whether e-
cigarettes assist
smokers in
quitting cigarettes.
Among
cigarette smokers not willing or able to
quit smoking in the next month but willing to reduce with the goal of
quitting in the next 3 months, use of the nicotine addiction medication varenicline for 24 weeks compared with placebo produced greater reductions in smoking prior to
quitting and increased smoking cessation rates at the end of treatment and at 1 year, according to a study in the February 17 issue of JAMA.
«This study is in line with other recent evidence that regular, daily e-cigarette use may help some
smokers quit cigarettes,» Delnevo added.
In a telephone survey of 1,000 current daily
cigarette smokers, 44 percent reported a preference to
quit through reduction in the number of
cigarettes smoked, and 68 percent would consider using a medication to facilitate smoking reduction.
In recommending that
smokers who can not or will not
quit cigarettes try e-
cigarettes, PHE takes a position on the opposite side of the aisle from the U.S., where many prominent tobacco control advocates, public health officials, and policymakers are critical of e-
cigarettes.
In the meantime, oncologists should advise all
smokers to
quit smoking traditional combustible
cigarettes, encourage use of FDA - approved cessation medications, refer patients for smoking cessation counseling, and provide education about the potential risks and lack of known benefits of long - term e-cigarette use.»
«Although the tobacco industry markets e-cigarettes as a tool to help adult
smokers quit smoking, e-
cigarette use actually only marginally increases the number of adult
cigarette smokers who are able to successfully
quit,» says principle investigator Samir Soneji, PhD, Associate Professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
«Marijuana may lead non-
smokers to
cigarettes: Former
smokers who use cannabis are also more likely to relapse, and current
smokers who use cannabis are less likely to
quit.»
The studies included information on participants» health, gender, age, race, education level, and family history of lung cancer, as well as their smoking history, including how old they were when they started, how many years they smoked, how many
cigarettes they smoked each day, and, for former
smokers, how long it had been since they
quit.
To date, GWLs on
cigarette packaging have been implemented in more than 65 countries, spurred by increasing evidence that the warnings help
smokers consider the health risks and may even help them
quit the habit.
An analysis of data from a previous study of more than 1,350
smokers intending to
quit after a hospitalization found that those who reported using electronic
cigarettes (e-
cigarettes) during the study period were less likely to have successfully
quit smoking 6 months after entering the study.
4/4/2007 Smoking Cessation Rates Are Up,
Cigarette Consumption Is Down, Says UCSD Study of California's Tobacco Control Program Since the advent of the California Tobacco Control Program, in 1989, the state's young adult
smokers are
quitting the habit in record numbers and older
smokers are consuming far fewer
cigarettes, according to a new series of studies from the Moores C...
E-
cigarettes, which contain nicotine, have been marketed as a way to help tobacco
smokers quit smoking and as an alternative to
cigarettes.
I've heard incredible first - hand accounts of chain -
smokers quitting cigarettes, insomniacs sleeping like babies and coffee - drinkers going cold turkey, all within a few days of starting meditation.
Research suggests that blacks and other minorities have a harder time
quitting menthol
cigarettes than white
smokers.
John Hancock's
Quit Smoking Incentive allows a
cigarette smoker to pay a nonsmokerpremium for the first three years of the policy.
However, it requires a very strenuous effort because it is easier for a heroin addict or for a
cigarette smoker to
quit heroin or to
quit smoking, than it is to shift from the high carb diet that we are used to, and [adopt] a ketogenic diet where carbohydrates are down to zero, and healthy fat and healthy protein constitute 90 % of the daily caloric intake.
Smoking
cigarettes and using tobaco can cause heart disease and cancer Thats why the American Cancer Society encourages
smokers to
quit.
Quitting if you're a
smoker — and encouraging
cigarette - carrying visitors to do the same.
And of course President Obama has been a
cigarette smoker, only reported to
quit in 2011.
After so many years of seeing
cigarette boxes with warning labels («SURGEON GENERAL»S WARNING:
Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious... zzzzzzzzzzzz»),
smokers have likely tuned those warnings out completely.
Some health experts see the current regulatory hiatus on e-
cigarettes as no bad thing: They argue that, e-
cigarettes are a vital
quitting aid for existing
smokers; that they are relatively «harmless» when set against conventional
cigarettes, due to the absence of tar; and that nicotine, per se, while highly addictive, is a relatively benign drug.
Here are some of them: (1) Preferred plus consideration (best class available) for
cigarette smokers who
quit 3 years ago.
They are very popular with those who are trying to
quit smoking
cigarettes, and every year the number of
smokers in the U.S. declines.
Cigarette smokers — they'll approve someone who
quit for their best rate just 3 years after
quitting — most companies wait 5 years!
If affordability is an issue, or if you are a
cigarette smoker set on
quitting in the next 10 years; buying a shorter term policy might make more sense.
This doesn't mean it will necessarily help non-users
quit in the first place, of course, but for
smokers who do switch, it means the device helps them stay away from
cigarettes.
Though much research shows stress as a cause of smoking, 15, 16 additional research actually points to
cigarette smoking as a cause of stress and, furthermore, smoking cessation as leading to a reduction in stress.20 This is in line with our findings, as both male and female relapsed
smokers had the lowest levels of stress before the collapse when they considered themselves as having
quit smoking in 2007 (table 4), yet experienced an increase in stress postcollapse — significantly for women.
However, similar proportions of
smokers in our sample and the NATSISS reported having attempted to
quit in the past year, and daily
smokers reported similar numbers of
cigarettes smoked per day (Box 3).