A tobacco treatment program included in electronic health records significantly raised treatment reach and the percentage of ...

Early smoking cessation post-cancer diagnosis significantly improves survival, with optimal benefits seen when quitting within 6 months. The Tobacco Research and Treatment Program at MD Anderson ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (08/24/2023) —Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States, and 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor: smoking. While lung cancer screenings are a ...

People living with HIV who smoke are currently more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV-related causes. Two cancer ...

The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

Smoking cessation in cancer patients is a critical area of investigation that addresses both the improvement of treatment outcomes and overall survival. Although smoking is the primary risk factor for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Integrated care of nicotine replacement, pharmacotherapy and counseling proved most durable for smoking ...

This study found that smoking increased the risk of mortality among cancer survivors, even after adjusting for cancer type and stage,” researchers reported.

A healthcare system model that offered tobacco cessation treatment to smokers being discharged from a hospital produced a higher rate of tobacco abstinence during the three- month program than ...

Starting smoking cessation treatment within 9 months of a cancer diagnosis was associated with improved survival across various cancer types, with the greatest survival benefit observed among patients ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Dr. Lurdes Queimado, a researcher at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center and director of the Center’s Tobacco Regulatory Science Laboratory, recently published a breakthrough ...