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Smoking Cessation Service to commence on March 10

The new Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) will commence on March 10, 2022, allowing community pharmacy contractors to register to provide the service on the...

Pharmacy contractors to receive resources for quit smoking campaign

Community pharmacy contractors will receive resources for the Better Health quit smoking campaign between February 24 and February 28 2022, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating...

J&J and WHO extend worldwide support for smoking cessation

On ‘World No Tobacco Day’ (May 31), Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health and the WHO under the Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco marked the...

Smoking may have killed more people than Covid, says Prof Chris Whitty

Smoking has probably killed more people than Covid in the same time period, said Prof Chris Whitty while speaking on Public Health at Gresham...

Smoking cessation linked to improved mental health: Study

People who stop smoking may experience improvements in their mental health such as reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms, a new study has revealed. Led...

Pharmacists’ support doubles smoking cessation success

New research commissioned by J&J finds interest in quitting has increased during the pandemic...   Community pharmacists’ role has more than doubled smoking cessation success rate...