If you smoke, or someone you care about still smokes, then this may be the most important letter you will ever read, because . . .
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If you smoke, or someone you care about still smokes, then this may be the most important letter you will ever read, because . . .
. . . in less than 3 hours You CAN learn how to Quit Smoking - FOR LIFE - from the comfort of your home - without patches, pills and gums, and, *without gaining any weight or [...]
Serious controversy brewing: are Chantix and Champix safe?
This article was originally written in August 2006. Since then there has been mounting concern regarding varenicline’s safety. Due to a number of recent developments, this article’s safety discussion is presented in chronological order. Each underlined date is a link to the development’s online source.
May 10, 2006 - The FDA approves Chantix’s Patient Information Sheet. The “Sheet” warns [...]
Pfizer’s five initial clinical trials of varenicline were published in July and August 2006. Three are comparable in that they involved a 12-week treatment period using 1mg of Chantix twice daily. In the Chantix study headed by Gonzales, 21.9% of Chantix users were still not smoking at one year. In Oncken the rate was 22.4% and in Jorenby 23%.
That’s an average one-year rate of 22% [...]
“What’s it like using varenicline?”
On May 11, 2006 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced approval of the prescription drug varenicline, to be sold under the trade name Chantix. Today it is marketed as Champix in 20 European nations (including England and Scotland), Australia, Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Japan, with 2007 worldwide sales of $883 million (see PDF page 37). Interestingly, in the U.S. [...]
“Does Chantix really work?”
”Tell me the truth, what are my chances?” Frankly, not good. Putting aside for the moment growing concern over FDA acknowledged links between Chantix and suicide, if Chantix (whose chemical name is varenicline) is used as a stand-alone quitting aid without ongoing counseling or support, your chances of quitting smoking for one year are probably less than 1 in 11. But when [...]
Cigarette smoking and marital status
The prevalence of cigarette smoking varies considerably according to marital status. It is much lower among married people than among those in any of the three other marital status categories (single, cohabiting, and widowed, divorced or separated). This is not [...]
Acomplia (Rimonabant) is a new miraculous multifunctional diet pill.
According to a report published by the Journal of the American Medical Association:
produces sustained weight loss
helps to quit smoking
improves blood makers
improves high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglyceride levels
What is Acomplia?
Acomplia (Rimonabant) is the first in a new class of therapeutic agents called Cannabinoid-1 Receptor Blockers (CB1).
Acomplia is used in the treatment of obesity and related conditions.
How does [...]
Acai Berry For Smokers
Acai berry is a powerful tool for those trying to quit smoking. It allows the toxins within the body to become removed. Unfortunately, smoking introduces high levels of toxins to the body and therefore they need to be removed somehow to offset the effects of smoking, for multiple years.
Acai berry juice is a powerful antioxidant that grows in the Amazon rainforest on [...]
Quit Smoking Tips #2
Quit smoking one day at a time
This concept is taught by almost all programs which are devoted to dealing with substance abuse or emotional conflict of any kind. The reason that it is so often quoted is that it is universally applicable to almost any traumatic situation.
Dealing with quitting smoking is no exception. [...]