I recently found an article which made a radical suggestion, that the government could save money by paying Medicare recipients to quit smoking. “Last month, President Obama proposed cutting almost $72 billion from Medicaid, the program that provides health care to America’s poor. Such deep reductions are necessary, he declared, to bring down our staggering [...]
A recent study of an inexpensive nicotine replacement shows that the drug called cytisine may help with quitting smoking. The study was funded by Britain’s National Prevention Research Initiative, and was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The conclusion of the study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine was: “In this [...]
I often get asked about electronic cigarettes, and if they are helpful to smokers who want to quit smoking. I have no direct experience with e-cigarettes, but I have looked into them a little, and I have found mixed reviews. The most positive reviews of e-cigarettes that I have found have been on websites that [...]
