Staying Smoke-Free

Smoking cessation treatment program effective and lowered rates of psychiatric readmission

(dailyRx News) Low-cost treatment and support programs can help people quit smoking. Such programs may even help psychiatric patients quit long-term and avoid returning to the hospital.

A recent clinical trial tested a smoking cessation treatment program on a group of patients in an in-patient psychiatric hospital.
The results of this trial showed that patients in the treatment program were more likely to quit smoking for up to 18 months after discharge and less likely to return to the hospital for psychiatric illness compared to patients who were not in the treatment program.
In this clinical trial led by Judith Prochaska, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine at Stanford University, researchers investigated a smoking cessation treatment program offered to psychiatric patients during their hospitalization.

Parents, Teach Your Children About Smoking

Teens more likely to smoke if their parents smoke now or in past

(dailyRx News) "Do as I say, not as I do," may be an attractive saying for parents, but it may not work very well. When it comes to smoking in particular, children often follow their parents' examples.
A recent long-term study found that children were much more likely to smoke if their parents smoked — even if their parents had quit before having kids.

Health Advocates in Bali Opposed to World Tobacco Asia Conference Set for Bali

The Jakarta Post reports that an anti-smoking group – The Bali Tobacco Control Initiative is urging the government to cancel the World Tobacco Asia (WTA) conference planned in Bali in 2014.

The anti-smoking Initiative is comprised of members from Bali’s Udayana University’s Public Health Department.

Coordinator of the Bali Tobacco Control Initiative, Made Kerta Duana, said: “The conference in Bali is against our commitment to encourage people to live healthily without cigarettes. We are urging the government to ban the conference from being held in Bali.”

WTA is held annually at different locations around the world within the international tobacco industry.