quit-smoking

Payments were set up in different ways: in one case, doctors got a small payment for each patient they helped quit smoking; in another model, clinics got one large payout after hitting a goal for the total number of patients referred to a quit-smoking helpline, then additional rewards for each extra referral.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

The report faults states for using revenues from tobacco taxes and the tobacco settlement money to balance their budgets instead of using that money to fund anti-smoking and quit-smoking programs.

40 states get an 'F' in tobacco prevention from new report card 2011

A lot of research has been done to determine why some people in quit-smoking programs succeed and some do not.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Smoking 2009

Nearly a year ago, Reynolds became the first major tobacco company to buy a maker of quit-smoking aids when it bought Sweden 's Niconovum AB, a nicotine-gum maker.

Reynolds CEO Susan Ivey to Retire David Kesmodel 2010

GlaxoSmithKline, which markets quit-smoking aids such as Nicorette gum, said Monday that it urged the Food and Drug Administration to take oral dissolvable tobacco products from store shelves until companies that make such products, including tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc., "can demonstrate to the FDA that their marketing is appropriate for the protection of public health."

Glaxo Aims to Snub Out 'Dissolvable' Tobacco Items David Kesmodel 2010

Sottera Inc., an Arizona e-cigarette distributor that joined the suit as a plaintiff, and some other e-cigarette purveyors say their products are simply recreational alternatives to cigarettes and should not be subject to the onerous pre-approval process required of quit-smoking aids.

E-Cigarette Industry Wins Federal Court Victory David Kesmodel 2011

This time they're examining some "stealth" advertising for the quit-smoking drug Chantix.

The Consumerist: February 2009 Archives 2009

GlaxoSmithKline and other drug companies that market quit-smoking aids must prove in clinical studies that the products are safe and effective before the FDA permits their sale.

Glaxo Aims to Snub Out 'Dissolvable' Tobacco Items David Kesmodel 2010

This time they're examining some "stealth" advertising for the quit-smoking drug Chantix.

Why Do These Commercials For Chantix Not Mention The Drug? At All? - The Consumerist 2009

The companies don't market the products as quit-smoking devices, but as options that smokers might use in certain situations, such as where smoking is prohibited.

Glaxo Aims to Snub Out 'Dissolvable' Tobacco Items David Kesmodel 2010