Drugs Funded to Stop Smoking: the Plan of Tobacco Pharmacies
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Almost half of smokers try to quit every year. The healthcare system already covers three drugs that are given in the apothecary through medical prescription: bupropion, varenicline and citisinicline Read
Tobacco is the first preventable cause of pathology, disability and premature death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Moreover, the act of smoking is related to the appearance of diseases such as lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, high blood pressure, myocardial infarction or chronic gastritis. "This is one of the great public health challenges in our country", highlighted the president of the General Council of Official Colleges …
In 2025, between 472,000 and 494,000 people tried to stop smoking with funded drugs. This is explained in the study 'Basic cessation, a health and social challenge' that analyzes the impact of the therapies to stop smoking and have presented this Friday the Minister of Health, Mónica García, and the president of the General Council of Pharmacists, Jesús Aguilar. The work concludes among other issues, that the intervention of the pharmacist doubl…
Between 472,000 and 494,000 Spaniards tried to quit smoking last year using funded pharmacological therapies, according to the report 'Basic cessation: a health and social challenge', prepared by the Ministry of Health and the General Council of Pharmaceutical Colleges.
Nearly half a million Spaniards tried to quit smoking last year with funded drugs, according to a report prepared by the General Council of Pharmacists and the Ministry of Health, which shows how this intention repeats after the holidays and collapses in August. These are data from the report ‘Basic cessation: a health and social challenge’, presented this Friday by the Minister of Health, Mónica García, and the President of the General Council …

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