quit-smoking-archive

Study: Nicotine warnings deter smokers from quitting

STUDY. Nicotine and addiction warnings on e-cigarettes are likely to lead to fewer quit attempts. This is according to a UK study in which smokers and non-smokers responded to alternative messages on e-cigarette packaging.

Research: Large study compared different tools to quit smoking

E-cigarettes are as effective in smoking cessation as the drugs varenicline and cytisine. This is according to a comprehensive review published in the Cochrane Journal.

Warning: "EU wants to ban white snus - also in Sweden"

EU health bureaucrats want to ban white snus, i.e. nicotine products, in all EU countries, including Sweden. This is what Charlie Weimers, a member of the European Parliament, says after reading a leaked report commissioned by the European Commission...

"Reducing snus tax is a matter of justice and public health"

MP Oliver Rosengren (m) wants to reduce the tax on snus to the minimum level and abolish it completely on nicotine pouches. He also hopes that the EU and WHO will learn from the Swedish model to...

Went from cigarettes to smoke-free - "Quitting one thing at a time"

Bus driver Therese Johansson's journey away from smoking involved e-cigs, stressful bus journeys, a lot of itching and fruit-flavoured nicotine pouches. She is one of more than a million Swedes who use ...

Picture to illustrate doctors and nicotine use

Report: 'Doctors do not understand smoking cessation'

Doctors lack basic knowledge about nicotine and smoking cessation, with serious consequences for smokers. This is according to a new report from the UK.

Large study on the difference between smoking and vaping - "Convincing"?

Smokers' blood vessels improved just one month after switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes. This is according to a long-term study from the UK.

Håkan, 48, ex-smoker: "It is very important that e-cigs are available everywhere cigarettes are"

Snuff and cigarettes have long been a natural part of Håkan Friedrich's life. Almost 40 years after his first puff, the cigarettes have been replaced by e-cigs and the snus by citrus-flavoured nicotine pouches.

E-cigarettes in everyday life focus of major US study

Giving smokers free access to e-cigarettes significantly increases their chances of quitting or at least significantly reducing smoking. This is according to a randomised control trial on real-life e-cigarette use.

Kent, 51, snus user: "I can do without cigarettes - but not snus"

"I can have a puff now and then if I want, but I can go without cigarettes for months. But the snus - I never want to be without it" Kent Andreasson is one of...

Smokers are helped in a roadside shop to choose a flavour and machine to quit smoking.

Counselling and flavour suggestions helped most smokers quit

Among smokers trying to quit with the help of vaping, as many as 55% were more likely to succeed if they were also given help and advice on choosing flavours for their juices.....

Study: E-cigarettes helped COPD patients improve health

Smokers with COPD can improve their health by replacing cigarettes with e-cigarettes. This is according to a new long-term study.