Smoking Tobacco Addiction

Exam Cram

• Smoking (tobacco) is one of the biggest public health issues nation and worldwide

• Smoking is associated with lung diseases such as COPD & lung cancer; and nearly all cancers

• Smoking cessation services improve individual's ability to stop smoking

Smoking Cessation Services

• Varenicline and bupropion have the highest success rates at smoking cessation- 20% after one year

• Nicotine gum, patches, counselling, hypnosis have intermediate success rates,

• Willpower has the lowest rates, 8% quit after one year

Written in 2025.