Who Should You Believe?
Who should you believe on what is the most successful technique for quitting smoking-the government and most smoking cessation experts in the world and the professional health organizations of the...
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Should you believe ... the pharmaceutical industry? Talking about believing! Here are ten things that pharmaceutical industry does not want smokers to know about nicotine replacement therapy...
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The three most common stories you will hear of how long-term quitters actually quit smoking: The woke up one day and realized they were sick and tired of smoking and never touched one since. They got...
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As this article discusses, I am a big advocate of people doing their own personal surveys to get an idea of how most people they personally know succeed at quitting.
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Quit cold turkey !!! 100% of the long term smokers I know quit cold turkey. 11 out of 11 people! I do find it amazing that it took Joel to point this out to me. I am forever greatful! Including my own...
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All those I have known who have quit successfully for much more than any 6 months have been those who have quit cold turkey. From throwing up after the first cigarette in the morning and the packet...
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I thought it would probably be a good idea to pop this one up this week. I suspect with the 13th World Conference on Smoking going on this week there will likely be lots of press releases coming out...
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The three most common stories you will hear of how long-term quitters actually quit smoking: 1. The woke up one day and realized they were sick and tired of smoking and never touched one since. 2....
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I saw where a member noted that today was the anniversary of the 1964 Surgeon General's report on Smoking and Health. Actually, January 11, 1964 was another landmark day for Luther Terry who was the...
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According to an article in the NIH Record, the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Luther Terry was a smoker and he quit smoking in 1964. Excerpt: "Back in...
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Concerns raised over doctors' ties to drug companies Problem of pharmaceutical firms paying physicians 'swept under the rug in Canada,' one researcher says Carly We...Read More
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NICOTINE FIX Behind Antismoking Policy, Influence of Drug Industry Wall Street Journal Government Guidelines Don't Push Cold Turkey; Advisers' Company Ties Fe...Read More
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This one is very familiar in the story above: "Linda Holstein quit nearly three years ago using a nicotine patch as well as nicotine gum, which on occasion she still pops into her mouth" Here we call...
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I was wondering if anyone here would notice that, Frits. It's my hope that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which is responsible for formulating U.S. cessation policy via expert...
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NICOTINE FIX Behind Antismoking Policy, Influence of Drug Industry Wall Street Journal Government Guidelines Don't Push Cold Turkey; Advisers' Company Ties February 8, 2...Read More
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Not sure how much news coverage it will receive but the U.S. Public Health Service has released an updated clinical practice guideline which, to none of our surprise, pushes the use of pharmacological...
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BusinessWeek, In Depth June 26, 2008, 5:00PM EST text size: TT Doctors Under the Influence? Controversy over a Pfizer antismoking drug is fueling debate about whether patients should be told of...
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Being that we are in to the New Year's, an advertising blitz has been going on in the media, in the form of radio, television and print ads. It may seem confusing to people first considering quitting...
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