smoking cessation

Advancing Drug Policy, Mental Health, and Tobacco Control

Community update

22 June 2026

From Stigma to Treatment: A Forum on Medical Cannabis Legalization in the Philippines The University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) hosted the public forum "From Stigma to Treatment: A Forum on Medical...

Medication Samples and Smoking Cessation Among Adults A Randomized Clinical Trial

Scientific article

8 May 2026

Source: Carpenter MJ, Smith TT, Wahlquist AE, et al. Medication Samples and Smoking Cessation Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(5):e2611418. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.11418 Abstract Importance Smoking...

Adherence to mHealth quit smoking application ‘stopcoach’ on top of evidence based smoking cessation counselling: association with participant characteristics and long-term abstinence

Scientific article

14 October 2025

Background Smoking is more common in lower socioeconomic position (SEP) groups, but smoking cessation interventions are less effective for these groups. StopCoach, an mHealth intervention, supports people with lower SEP in quitting smoking...

Tobacco treatment billing and tobacco use disorder diagnosis in healthcare settings in the United States: an analysis of South Carolina medicaid claims

Scientific article

13 June 2025

Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Although Medicaid covers tobacco cessation treatments, smoking rates remain much higher among Medicaid beneficiaries (30%) compared to those with private...

Effectiveness of nurse-initiated smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Scientific article

7 April 2025

Background Smoking is one of the top causes of preventable death and is linked to many serious health problems, including cancer and chronic diseases. Nurses can play a big role in helping people quit smoking by offering support through...

Reaching smoke-free: how can we improve smoking cessation treatment?

Video and audio recordings

This webinar explored the provision of smoking cessation treatments, including e-cigarettes, in the context of primary care. It provided an overview of investigations into how smoking cessation treatment provision in the UK could be...

General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation

Scientific article

7 June 2022

Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...

Changes in Smoking Cessation–Related Behaviors Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scientific article

Key Points Question Did smoking cessation–related behaviours change during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US? Findings This cross-sectional study among 788 008 US adult smokers found that the annual prevalence of past-year quit attempts...

Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines

News

The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction. The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...

Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes A Randomized Clinical Trial

Scientific article

21 June 2022

Abstract Importance Evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in patients with diabetes is limited. The unique behavioral and metabolic characteristics of smokers with type 2 diabetes warrants a randomized clinical trial of the...