Most current smokers discharged from the emergency department who are reached by automated calls express interest in quitting smoking, but only about 1 in 5 accept a Quitline referral, a study finds.

Tong is also an internist and medical director of the Stop Tobacco Program at UC Davis Health. She said that including both outpatient and inpatient settings is important for offering and sustaining e ...

Share on Pinterest New research from RVO Health found that a quitline-based program led to vaping cessation in 45% of young adults. supersizer/Getty Images Smoking rates in the U.S. are declining ...

A new study from the University of Otago, Wellington has found New Zealand's Quitline service is a highly cost-effective way to improve health and even saves the health system money. The research used ...

Quitline offers free quit vaping support to anyone, of any age, who is not smoking tobacco. This new Quit Vaping programme supports people with a 3-month programme. Since launching in late 2023 more ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated by the HHS, which could limit access to valuable resources to help people quit smoking. MJimages/Getty Images The Department of ...

Racial Disparities in Health Care Utilization at the End of Life Among New Jersey Medicaid Beneficiaries With Advanced Cancer Statewide agencies in Michigan partnered with the Michigan Oncology ...

Smokers who received gain-framed messaging from quitline specialists (i.e., stressing the benefits of quitting) had slightly better cessation outcomes than those who received standard-care messaging ...

A support infrastructure to encourage gutka and other tobacco users to quit the addiction is now available in the form of a national tobacco cessation Quitline-1800 227787. PUNE: A support ...

Telephone services that offer smoking-cessation counseling (quitlines) have proliferated in recent years, encouraged by positive results of clinical trials. The question remains, however, whether ...

Coloradans can earn up to $100 by completing a coaching series designed to help them quit tobacco and nicotine products, a statewide program aimed at curbing nicotine use announced Wednesday.

New Delhi: A tobacco cessation helpline run from Delhi has helped more than 2.3 lakh Indians quit tobacco and handled nearly one crore calls over the past decade, emerging as one of the country’s ...