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Smoking cessation drug varenicline helps young adults quit vaping

Written by | 26 Apr 2025

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham showed that teens and young adults who took varenicline—an FDA-approved, twice-daily smoking cessation pill for adults—are more than three times as […]

Smoking cessation in severe tobacco dependence: benefit proven for two of four drugs

Written by | 3 Dec 2024

By law, smokers with severe tobacco dependence are entitled to receive one-off drug therapy for smoking cessation as part of evidence-based programmes reimbursed by the German statutory health […]

New smoking cessation intervention helps patients with cervical cancer precursor or cervical cancer quit smoking

Written by | 20 Mar 2023

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 deaths each year. It is also a risk factor for […]

Community pharmacy blood pressure monitoring

Written by | 3 Sep 2021

Community pharmacies in England will be able to provide blood pressure checks to people aged 40 and over from October thanks to a new deal between pharmacies and […]

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