Smoking cessation: information for specialists.(Clinical Practice...

Dermatology Nursing;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...This Quick Reference Guide for Smoking Cessation Specialists contains strategies and recommendations from Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline No. 18, designed to assist clinicians, smoking cessation specialists, and health care administrators...

Medicare coverage of smoking cessation. (Featured CME Topic: Smoking...

Southern Medical Journal;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......There are significant benefits to smoking cessation, even after 30 or more years of regular...prevention strategies than by aging. Smoking cessation is a special concern for Medicare...tobacco-related diseases. By law, smoking cessation therapy as such is not a Medicare...

Chantix Puffs up Market for Smoking Cessation in the US.

M2 Presswire;  January 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Markets: Chantix Puffs up Market for Smoking Cessation in the US(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...amp; Sullivan's new report: U.S. Smoking Cessation Drug Market to their offering. This...amp; Sullivan research titled U.S. Smoking Cessation Market provides an overview of medication...

Employer-sponsored insurance coverage of smoking cessation...

American Journal of Managed Care;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the costs and benefits of covering smoking cessation interventions from insurers' and...costs and benefits of scenarios where smoking cessation treatments were covered were compared...Both insurers and employers may add smoking cessation benefits at minimal burden to their...

Assessing the Institutional Approach to Implementing Smoking Cessation...

Military Medicine;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...National smoking cessation guidelines include recommended...to describe the structure of smoking cessation care, to assess adherence to...preferred approach to providing smoking cessation treatment. We categorized sites...

Smoking cessation readiness: Are your patients ready to quit?

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Keywords Smoking; smoking cessation; behavioral change; tobacco use; transtheoretical model; smoking cessation interventions. Abstract Purpose...of patient readiness to receive smoking cessation interventions using the transtheoretical...

Unrealistic expectations of pediatricians and smoking cessation counseling

Journal of the National Medical Association;  April 1, 2003 ;     411 words ......with great interest the article "Smoking Cessation Counseling by Pediatricians in an...to increase the effectiveness of smoking cessation counseling by Pediatricians. Their...Pediatricians reported advising parents in smoking cessation and only 55% of those parents had...

DURBIN BROWNBACK INTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND SMOKING CESSATION BENEFITS UNDER...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  March 27, 2001 ;     469 words ......BROW NBACK INTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND SMOKING CESSATION BENEFITS UNDER GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED...MCH) Program far greater access to smoking cessation therapies. Between 1991 and 1999...country. The Medicare, Medicaid and MCH Smoking Cessation Services Act of 2001 adds smoking...

Undergraduate Dietetics Programs Do Not Support Training Students in...

Journal of Allied Health;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......often lack knowledge of smoking cessation techniques. The objective...teach about tobacco and smoking cessation interventions and also...opinions regarding tobacco and smoking cessation in dietetics education...

New Web Site Highlights Importance of Smoking Cessation, Provides...

PR Newswire;  October 17, 2008 ;     528 words ......PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Institute for Smoking Cessation (FISC), a statewide coalition committed...towards educating employers about smoking cessation. The new Web site, http://www.floridainstituteforsmokingcessation...the positive effects of providing smoking cessation coverage as ...

Availability of smoking cessation resources for U.S. Army General officers

Military Medicine;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......necessity in providing effective smoking cessation interventions to active duty soldiers. The availability of smoking cessation resources was measured by...GMOs reported that group smoking cessation programs were available...

Intensive hypnotherapy for smoking cessation: A prospective study

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  October 1, 2006 ;     213 words ......2006). Intensive hypnotherapy for smoking cessation: A prospective study. International...study presents the results of a small smoking cessation study of 20 participants who were...individualized hypnotherapy paired with smoking cessation related supportive psychotherapy...

Promising New Drug and Other Trends To Double Smoking Cessation and...

M2 Presswire;  May 30, 2007 ;     453 words ......New Drug and Other Trends To Double Smoking Cessation and Addiction Treatments Market by...drug addictions, global sales of smoking cessation and addiction treatments are expected...2.3 billion in 2010, according to Smoking Cessation and Addiction Treatments: A World...

Nortriptyline used as a smoking cessation adjuvant. (Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  January 1, 2003 ;     580 words ......deaths in the United States in 2001. Smoking cessation before 50 years of age has been shown...percent in the following 16 years. Smoking cessation can increase life expectancy even...medications were successful adjuvants in smoking cessation. Da Costa and colleagues evaluated...

Meeting national tobacco challenges: Recommendations for smoking cessation...

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......To review the literature on model smoking cessation programs and provide an overview of the practice guidelines for intensive smoking cessation groups. DATA SOURCES Selected evidence-bas...support. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Smoking cessation must be a priority in the delivery...