Case studies from Maine, Washington, and Oregon; measurements of improvements provided.

People who quit smoking are much less likely to be hospitalized than those who don't, article from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.

Information on smoking, quitting and the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions by the Therapeutics Initiative of the University of British Columbia.

Summaries and recommendations on: tobacco consumption and associated costs; individual variation in smoking and quitting; scientific evidence of effectiveness of various quit smoking methods; conditions that allow health professionals to be more effective in reducing tobacco use.

Recent research finds that the longer you stay quit, the less chance you'll relapse; two years after quitting, over 96% of ex-smokers stayed smokefree.

Smoking reduction with oral nicotine inhalers: double blind, randomised clinical trial of efficacy and safety.

Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association, June 1999, outlines policy best supported by the medical science on cessation aids.

Bibliography of research; citations to literature on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prevention and cessation methods.