|
Quitting smoking at any age improves health and quality of life for you and people near you. Evidence confirms that even brief counselling by a health professional, particularly a general practitioner, can increase your chances of successfully quitting:
Australia's National Tobacco Strategy [Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing] is a policy framework for the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments to work together and in collaboration with non-government agencies to improve health and to reduce the social costs caused by tobacco.
Follow the links to find information on how to quit and the effectiveness of various ways of stopping smoking.
Reviewed January 2008
Printer friendly page
Related HealthInsite Topics
| Results 1 to 20 displayed. |
|
1
2
3
|
| Title: |
Giving up smoking
|
| Publisher: |
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
|
| Description: |
People can usually list many good reasons for not smoking or giving up smoking. Often they are the very people who cannot seem to stop, even when they know there is no safe level of smoking
|
| Date: |
Jul 2008
|
| Title: |
Giving up smoking
|
| Publisher: |
Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
|
| Description: |
If you made the mistake of becoming a smoker you are probably aware of how hard it is to give up. Don't give up hope though because it can be done.
|
| Date: |
May 2008
|
| Title: |
Media release. New PBS listings for January 2008
|
| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
|
| Description: |
People with pleural mesothelioma, eye conditions, those who want to stop smoking and infants with chest infections will benefit from changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) that commence on 1 January.
|
| Date: |
Jan 2008
|
| Title: |
Mass media interventions for smoking cessation in adults
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Mass media interventions involve communication through television, radio, newspapers, billboards, posters, leaflets or booklets, with the intention of encouraging smokers to stop, and of maintaining abstinence in non-smokers. It is likely that they cont...
|
| Date: |
Nov 2007
|
| Title: |
Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
NRT aims to reduce withdrawal symptoms associated with stopping smoking by replacing the nicotine from cigarettes. NRT is available as skin patches that deliver nicotine slowly, and chewing gum, nasal spray, inhalers, and lozenges/tablets, all of which ...
|
| Date: |
Nov 2007
|
| Title: |
Nursing interventions for smoking cessation
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Most smokers want to quit, and may be helped by advice and support from healthcare professionals. Nurses are the largest healthcare workforce, and are involved in virtually all levels of health care. This review of clinical trials covered 42 studies, wi...
|
| Date: |
Oct 2007
|
| Title: |
Psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation in patients with coronary heart disease
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Psychosocial smoking cessation interventions such as behavioural counselling, telephone support and self-help interventions are effective in helping people with coronary heart disease stop smoking. Smoking is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and...
|
| Date: |
Oct 2007
|
| Title: |
Cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant) for smoking cessation
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Long-term use of nicotine can upset the endocannabinoid system in the brain, which controls food intake and energy balance. Rimonabant may help smokers to quit by rebalancing the system, which then reduces nicotine and food cravings. We searched our own...
|
| Date: |
Aug 2007
|
| Title: |
Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Smoking contributes to many health problems including cancers, cardiovascular disease, and lung diseases. Smoking also increases the risk associated with hospitalisation for surgery. People who are in hospital because of a smoking-related illness are li...
|
| Date: |
May 2007
|
| Title: |
Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
People who smoke may be unwilling or unable to stop smoking completely. Cutting down the number of cigarettes smoked daily or smoking less damaging products may reduce the harm caused by smoking. It may also be a step towards stopping smoking completely...
|
| Date: |
May 2007
|
| Title: |
Smoking and eye disease
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
Smoking is a major factor contributing to the early development of age-related macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in the Western world.
|
| Date: |
Feb 2007
|
| Title: |
Smoking quit services for diverse groups
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
Tobacco smoking is the single most common cause of ill health and premature death in Australia. In many communities from non-English speaking backgrounds, smoking rates are very high. Quit services to help you stop smoking are available from a variety of organisations and in various languages.
|
| Date: |
Jan 2007
|
| Title: |
Smoking - the financial cost
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
One packet of 25 cigarettes costs around $10.50, and the price keeps rising. If you need an added incentive to quit, think about how much of your pay packet is going up in smoke every week.
|
| Date: |
Jan 2007
|
| Title: |
Smoking - weight gain and quitting
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
About 80 per cent of smokers gain weight when they quit smoking. The causes include the effect of nicotine on the body and the ex-smoker's inclination to eat more. However you can quit and keep weight gain low.
|
| Date: |
Nov 2006
|
| Title: |
Antidepressants for smoking cessation
|
| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
|
| Description: |
Trials of bupropion (Zyban) for smoking cessation indicate that it can approximately double the odds of quitting. The side effects of bupropion include insomnia, dry mouth and nausea. This medication can also cause seizures; at the dose used for smoking...
|
| Date: |
Oct 2006
|
| Title: |
Smoking - quitting tips
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
Quitting smoking can take a few attempts. Helpful strategies include nicotine replacement therapy and cessation courses.
|
| Date: |
Sep 2006
|
| Title: |
Smoking and heart disease
|
| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
|
| Description: |
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Smoking kills more than 19,000 Australians a year or more than 50 Australians each day. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do so due to heart and blood vessel disease.
|
| Date: |
Sep 2006
|
| Results 1 to 20 displayed. |
|
1
2
3
|
|
