A GP guide to vaping and nicotine prescribing
With recent changes to TGA regulations, GPs are likely to see an increasing number of patients seeking advice on vaping and nicotine prescriptions.…
Tag: smoking
GPs warned to expect an influx of patients demanding vaping scripts
It will soon be illegal for patients to purchase or import nicotine-containing e-cigarettes without a prescription.
Philip Morris attempts to buy company making inhalers to treat lung disease
Thoracic specialists in Australia and the UK are critical of a takeover bid of an inhaler device company by tobacco giant.
Health burdens of obesity and smoking now ‘on a par’
Gap narrows between obesity and tobacco use as smoking rates drop: AIHW report.
Hard-to-treat smokers need our time and a lot more NRT
This is a response to an article by Professor Stephen Leeder: An MBS item to counsel smokers? It’s just a load of smoke For decades, GPs…
Young patients with STEMI ‘face high mortality risk’
Australian cardiologists have investigated post-PCI mortality outcomes by age group and MI presentation.
An MBS item to counsel smokers? It’s just a load of smoke
Tobacco smoking remains prevalent in Australia – current estimates suggest that we have about two million adult smokers. This number has fallen in recent decades…
Are PBS rules hampering smoking cessation?
A draft report suggests giving prescribers more flexibility.
Another new MBS item for GP care, but will it help?
The Federal Government wants management plans to help patients quit smoking.
Genital infection with flozins ‘more likely in smokers’
Findings from a retrospective cohort study shed light on which patients might be susceptible to this adverse event, researchers say.
