Search The Directory The Web for Home > Health > Addictions > Substance Abuse > Tobacco > Quitting > Products and Services > Consumer_Information New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A harmful Aid to Stopping Smoking - Lancet article. A vegetable-based cigarette sold as a quit-smoking product has its own toxic and carcinogenic substances.   Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation - Article in scientific journal. Examines whether acupuncture is effective for quitting smoking. Conclusion is it does no better than placebo.   Bandolier: Stopping Smoking - General info, and review of effectiveness of different quit smoking products.   Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Quitting Smoking - Researchers at Ohio State University reviewed five dozen studies and conclude that smokers who are hopeful that hypnosis will help them kick their habit need to temper their expectations.   FDA Announces that No Over-The-Counter Smoking Deterrent Works - The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that no over-the-counter smoking deterrent product on the market today has been shown to be effective in helping people quit or reduce smoking. These over-the-counter products include Cigarrest, Bantron, Tabmint, Nikoban and others. Several prescription products have been approved as smoking cessation aids.   FTC finds Ruta Lee's Vitamin C and stop-smoking ads were deceptive - Television personality Ruta Lee agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that advertising claims she made for three vitamin sprays and a stop-smoking spray were unsubstantiated.   Herbal Cigarettes: Not Safer than Tobacco - FTC action highlights claims made by makers of "natural" or "herbal" cigarettes.   Is Bupropion an Effective Treatment for Smoking Cessation? - Slide presentation: smoking and what it's costing Americans; pharmacology of buproprion; review of the literature; cessation results, safety and adverse effects; other medications; NRT; cost; recommendations for clinical practice; bibliography.   It's Quittin' Time: Smokers Need Not Rely on Willpower Alone - Many FDA-approved stop-smoking products are available to help you quit smoking, including the nicotine patch, gum, nasal spray, and inhaler, and a new quit-smoking pill called Zyban.   It's Quittin' Time: Smokers Need Not Rely on Willpower Alone - Many FDA-approved stop-smoking products are available to help you quit smoking, including the nicotine patch, gum, nasal spray, and inhaler, and a new quit-smoking pill called Zyban.   Prescriptions to Help Smokers Quit - Reprint from FDA Consumer magazine, June 1994, written by a geneticist and author of a biology text. Discussd the pros and cons of the patch and gum.   Quacks, Vitamin Pushers, and smoking - Quackwatch evaluation of vitamin regimens for smokers. "Many vitamin pushers suggest that smokers need vitamin C supplements. Although smokers have somewhat lower blood levels of this vitamin, these levels are still far above deficiency levels. In America, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of death preventable by self-discipline. Rather than seeking false comfort by taking vitamin C, smokers who are concerned about their health should stop smoking."   Quackwatch on subliminal tapes - Quackwatch caution: "Many researchers have found that subliminal tapes provide no benefit to the user."   Quitting Smoking: A Consumer's Guide - CDC, FDA info from GSA; covers which products (as of 1994) had been found safe and effective and which had not.   Smokers Advised to Combine Therapies - The combined use of nicotine patches and sprays is the best way to quit smoking, researchers find.   Smoking Cessation, Does It Work? What to Ask about research. - Health and Wellness article gives advice on how to evaluate smoking cessation research.   Zyban for Smoking Cessation - Briefly reviews the scientific literature on safety and effectiveness. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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