Smoking cessation rates failed to increase with carotid plaque screening Cardiology Today Carotid plaque screening, along with thorough smoking cessation counseling, did not increase rates of smoking cessation or control CV risk factors among participants who smoked, according to data from a recent study. Researchers randomly assigned 267 ...
Program helps smokers break free of 'tenacious addiction' National Post (blog) Previous attempts to quit, says Dr. Andrew Pipe, chief of the division of prevention and rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, are actually powerful predictors of smoking cessation success, simply because the smoker derives a ...
Walgreens Launches Smoking Cessation Program for Passport Health Plan Members ... MarketWatch (press release) The program is free to Walgreens customers and Passport members and aims to improve the community's health by giving smokers the tools, resources and ongoing clinical pharmacist counseling to help achieve their cessation goals.
