Aims The prospect of weight gain discourages many cigarette smokers from quitting.
Practice guidelines offer varied advice about managing weight gain after quitting smoking …

Background Mass media tobacco control campaigns can reach large numbers of people.
Much of the literature is focused on the effects of tobacco control advertising on young …

Background Smoking cessation is a potentially appropriate role for community pharmacists
because they are encouraged to advise on the correct use of nicotine replacement therapy …

Background Whilst the pharmacological profiles and mechanisms of antidepressants are
varied, there are common reasons why they might help people to stop smoking tobacco …

Effectiveness of interventions to help people stop smoking: findings from the Cochrane Library |
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Aims A systematic review and meta‐analysis was conducted to assess the methodological
quality and effectiveness of behavioural smoking cessation interventions targeted at six …

Background 110 000 to 140 000 people die in Germany each year of tobacco-related
diseases. Thus, measures should be taken to lower the number of persons who start …

Objectives To evaluate the effects of more intensive smoking cessation interventions
compared to less intensive interventions on smoking cessation in people with type 1 or type …

Background Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) aims to replace nicotine from cigarettes to
ease the transition from cigarette smoking to abstinence. It works by reducing the intensity of …

Background This is an update of a Cochrane review previously published in 2008. Smoking
increases the risk of developing atherosclerosis but also acute thrombotic events. Quitting …