The 2 Minute Medicine Podcast Episode 17
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Tag: cigarette smoking
Health system-based care associated with better treatment use and high rates of tobacco abstinence at 3 months post-discharge in hospitalized smokers
1. In this randomized controlled trial of 1409 hospitalized patients who smoke, the health-system-based care intervention, Transitional Tobacco Care Management, ...
#VisualAbstract: Varenicline improves successful smoking cessation amongst African American daily smokers: KIS-IV Trial
1. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial found that varenicline significantly improved the rate of abstinence from smoking in African American ...
Varenicline improves successful smoking cessation amongst African American daily smokers: KIS-IV Trial
1. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial found that varenicline significantly improved the rate of abstinence from smoking in African American ...
Combination treatment with varenicline and nicotine patch improves smoking cessation outcomes for concurrent alcohol users
1. In this randomized controlled trial, combined treatment with varenicline and nicotine patch produced higher smoking cessation rates versus nicotine ...
Prenatal exposure to combined maternal drinking and smoking significantly associated with the risk of stillbirth
1. Dual exposure to drinking and smoking after the first trimester of pregnancy was significantly associated with increased risk of ...
#VisualAbstract: Systematic analysis of tobacco smoking prevalence in 204 countries from 1990 to 2019
1. In 2019, 1.14 billion individuals worldwide were active smokers, accounting for 7.41 trillion cigarette-equivalents of tobacco. 2. Without intervention, the ...
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Systematic analysis of tobacco smoking prevalence in 204 countries from 1990 to 2019
1. In 2019, 1.14 billion individuals worldwide were active smokers, accounting for 7.41 trillion cigarette-equivalents of tobacco. 2. Without intervention, ...
Standard cytisine treatment for smoking cessation does not demonstrate noninferiority compared to standard varenicline treatment
1. Among adult daily smokers attempting to quit, cytisine treatment over 25 days failed to demonstrate noninferiority regarding smoking cessation ...
#VisualAbstract: Risk factors associated with speech and voice impairment in long-term survivors of oropharyngeal cancer
Click to read the study in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.