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Preventing and reducing cigarette, tobacco and nicotine use are reasonable goals given the dangers and societal costs involved.  One method commonly advocated is increasing taxes on tobacco.  In a Healthline article highlighting a tobacco tax increase in California, a couple of... Read More

The risks and effects of smoking are not a new phenomenon to anyone due to the sustained messaging from public health organizations, and still it is undeniable that the reports on smoking effects on women and others continue to be researched and presented.   And for good reason... Read More

A consumer research survey by Sentiens, the company that developed BotanicBoost®, showed that Novus Twig satisfies with 72% of smokers that tried it indicating satisfaction.  These results support the scientific theories underlying the development of BotanicBoost® by Sentiens,... Read More

  A news article from Australia in Pharmacy News entitled “New thinking on smoking cessation” highlights a study that found there was a higher success of quitting when smokers tried or switched between cessation treatment methods during their quit attempt. If at first you... Read More

This recent Medscape article focused on ideas to help cancer patients quit smoking.  The statistics on successful cessation are commonly understood to be incredibly low, with this article indicating a less than 10% success rate to stop smoking.  Some of the reasons cited in the... Read More