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How Good Is ChatGPT at Answering Tough Health Questions?
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 – Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT someday may make a big difference for people seeking answers to questions such as "How can I stop smoking?" They may...
Cancer Patients Who Continue Smoking After Diagnosis at Risk of CVD Events
FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 – Cancer patients who continue smoking after their diagnosis have an increased risk for heart attack, stroke, or death due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with...
Sustained Smoking Cessation Tied to Improved Mental Health
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 – Smoking cessation sustained for at least 15 weeks is associated with improved mental health outcomes, according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Network Open....
Canada Mandates Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 – Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up. The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on...
Cancer Survivors Who Keep Smoking Have Double the Risk for Heart-Related Death
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 – Quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can deliver a big payoff for another major health concern: the risk of heart attack or stroke. Cancer patients who kept smoking had...
Canada to Become 1st Country to Mandate Warning Labels on Individual Cigarettes
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 – Smokers in Canada will soon see health warnings on each and every cigarette they light up.. The country will be the first in the world to print these warnings directly on i...
Local Sales Bans on Flavored Tobacco Products in California Cut Use
MONDAY, May 29, 2023 – Banning flavored tobacco products leads to fewer people using them, according to a new California study that found lower usage in areas that had a full ban. Residents in areas...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Alerts Health Care Professionals and Patients to a Voluntary Recall of Chantix (varenicline) to the Warehouse Level
[7/02/2021] FDA is alerting patients and health care professionals to Pfizer’s voluntary recall of nine lots of the smoking cessation drug, varenicline (brand name Chantix), to the warehouse level. T...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Lung Injury Update: FDA Warns Public to Stop Using Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-Containing Vaping Products and Any Vaping Products Obtained Off the Street
October 4, 2019 – ISSUE: The FDA is strengthening its warning to consumers to stop using vaping products containing THC amid more than 1,000 reports of lung injuries—including some resulting in d...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Vaping Illnesses: Consumers Can Help Protect Themselves by Avoiding Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-Containing Vaping Products
September 6, 2019 – Consumers are likely aware of the recent reports of respiratory illnesses – including some resulting in deaths – following the use of vaping products. The U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (varenicline) and Zyban (bupropion): Drug Safety Communication - Mental Health Side Effects Revised
ISSUE: Based on an FDA review of a large clinical trial that FDA required the drug companies to conduct, FDA determined the risk of serious side effects on mood, behavior, or thinking with the...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Varenicline (marketed as Chantix)
[Posted 02/01/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals and consumers of important revisions to the WARNINGS and PRECAUTIONS sections of the prescribing information for Chantix regarding serious...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (Varenicline)
[Posted 11/20/2007] FDA informed healthcare professionals of reports of suicidal thoughts and aggressive and erratic behavior in patient who have taken Chantix, a smoking cessation product. There are...
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