When used in combination with cessation medications, up to 60% of participants report quitting by the end of the program. The program keeps striving to improve the odds, the ALA added.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has gutted key programs linked to successful smoking cessation. The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated by the HHS, which could ...

The drug cytisinicline could help expand options for quitting smoking, and if approved by the FDA, would be the first new ...

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham showed that teens and young adults who took varenicline—an ...

More adults receiving 6- or 12-week cytisinicline vs. placebo achieved smoking abstinence in the last 4 weeks of treatment, ...

said a CDC employee fired this week from the agency’s Office on Smoking and Health. “Tobacco use rates will increase among youth and fewer adults will quit ... and related programs at CDC ...

The need to improve implementation of smoking cessation programs has been noted in previous research. In 2024, Healio reported on a survey study that identified numerous gaps in the execution of ...

Smokers receiving CBT treatment tolerated a smoking cessation intervention well, without interference in the primary treatment goals.