All Posts: smoking cessation
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Georgetown Lombardi Faculty Members Aim To Improve Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Rates by Focusing on Equity in Care
Kathryn Taylor, PhD, professor of oncology, believes she can have no greater impact on reducing the burden of cancer than by focusing on the harms of tobacco use. The work she co-leads with Randi Williams, PhD, assistant professor of oncology, as part of the Lung Screening, Tobacco, and Health (LSTH) research lab at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is especially impactful on underserved communities, who are often the target of tobacco product marketing.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Intensive Telephone-Based Cessation Counseling Results in Improved Smoking Quit Rates
WASHINGTON (July 12, 2022) — Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a twofold greater cigarette quit rate compared to people who received minimal counseling and nicotine replacement, according to results of a national, randomized trial conducted […]
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The Smoking Treatment and Recovery Program: A Shining STAR
(August 25, 2021) — For individuals diagnosed with cancer, so many aspects of their disease seem out of their control. But for those who are tobacco users, one important proactive step — quitting — can dramatically improve their response to treatment, quality of life and survival. Despite the availability of proven methods of addressing tobacco […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Menthol Cigarette Ban in the U.S. May Lower Number of Smokers
Category: News Release
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Adding Smoking Cessation to Lung Cancer Screening Can Reduce Mortality by 14%
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2020) — Including smoking cessation with existing lung cancer screening efforts would reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent and increase life-years gained by 81 percent compared with screening alone, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study is published […]
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When Enough is Enough! Smoking Cessation at Georgetown Lombardi
Two programs offered through Georgetown Lombardi and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital offer options to help smokers understand their risk for lung cancer and quit smoking, both before and after they’ve received a cancer diagnosis.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Fifty-year Campaign Extended Lives for 8 Million Americans
New study that has found tobacco control measures initiated 50 years ago with the 1964 Surgeon General’s report that linked, for the first time, smoking and disease, have had a dramatic effect.
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