Pretreatment With Patch Facilitates Cessation
	According to research by Jed E. Rose, PhD, and colleagues at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., precessation nicotine patch treatment is associated with a significantly higher rate of continuous smoking abstinence at four weeks. - Nicotine & Tobacco Research2/22/2006
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Perinatal Smoking Increases Daughter`s Asthma Risk
	According to an Australian study published in the journal Epidemiology, female adolescents whose mothers smoked heavily during the fetal period and the early months of life have increased risk of asthma symptoms. In utero exposure to heavy smoking was found to have a stronger effect than postnatal environmental tobacco exposure. - Epidemiology2/22/2006
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Rimonabant Not Approved for Smoking Cessation
	According to the pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, the FDA has given its highly anticipated new drug, rimonabant, an approvable letter for weight loss but not for smoking cessation. - PACT News2/23/2006
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Those Who Quit on a "Whim" More Likely to Succeed
	According to British and American researchers, smokers who say "enough!" and quit smoking on the spot are more likely to remain abstinent at six months than those who plan their cessation attempt. - British Medical Journal2/1/2006
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Web-Based Cessation Program Effective
	Researchers at the Oregon Center for Applied Science in Eugene have found that a smoking cessation program with at least 90-day efficacy can be successfully delivered via the Internet. - Tobacco Control2/1/2006
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Financial Incentives Improve Short Term Quit Rate
	Modest financial incentives are associated with significantly higher rates of smoking cessation program enrollment and completion and short-term quit rates, according to research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention2/1/2006
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African Americans, Native Hawaiian Smokers at Greater Risk of Lung Cancer
	Among cigarette smokers, African Americans and Native Hawaiians are more susceptible to lung cancer than whites, Japanese Americans, and Latinos, according to the results of a large study (N=183,813) published in the New England Journal of Medicine. - New England Journal of Medicine2/1/2006
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Black, White Teens Show Differences in Nicotine Metabolism
	New research by scientists with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, suggests that some of the racial and ethnic differences underlying how adults' bodies metabolize nicotine also are at work during adolescence. The findings have implications for the way teens of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are provided smoking cessation treatments. The study is published in the January 2006 issue of Ethnicity and Disease. - PACT News2/1/2006
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Acupuncture Pointless for Smoking Cessation
	Acupuncture and related techniques are promoted as treatment for smoking cessation in the belief that they may reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms. - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews2/1/2006
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Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Congenital Digital Defect
	According to a report in the journal Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, maternal cigarette smoking increases the risk of having a newborn with a congenital digital anomaly. Accompanying the elevated odds ratio for tobacco use is a significant trend in the dose-response relationship. - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery1/12/2006
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