New research challenging the
widely held belief that it takes
around seven tries to quit smoking,
has shown that for many smokers it
may take 30 or more quit attempts
before being successful, which may
help manage clinical expectations.
The Canadian/US research,
published in the BMJ Open,
said that previous estimates of
the number of quit attempts
required to finally quit may be
underestimating the average
number of attempts as these
estimates excluded smokers who
have greater difficulty quitting and
relied on lifetime recall of number
of attempts.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 28 Jun 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 28 Jun 16
DEMENTIA Australia has appointed comedian Geraldine Hickey (pictured) as its newest Ambassador, coinciding with the Melbourne Memory Walk & Jog event taking place this Sun.
NEW research from the Monash Addiction Research Centre has highlighted a critical shortfall in the availability of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, across community pharmacies in Australia’s most populous states.
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