Get all the details on varenicline, nicotine replacement therapy, and integrating psychosocial interventions into a comprehensive smoking cessation treatment plan! Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Listen as our esteemed guest Dr. Steve Baldassarri (Yale) provides us expert pearls to help our patients quit smoking. 

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Time Stamps*

*Note: Time Stamps refer to ad free version. 

03:02 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio

04:35 Guest one-liner 

09:50 Tobacco Use Disorder - Chronic Disease

11:08 Case from Kashlak

11:56 Obtaining a history

13:39 Motivations for Smoking Cessation

15:29 Factors associated with challenges in smoking cessation:

21:40 Gradual Tapers vs Cold Turkey

25:18 Nicotine Replacement 32:40

28:57 Pharmacotherapy - “Controller” Medications

31:05 Pharmacotherapy - Short Acting Medications

33:20 Dosing Medications

38:35 Varenicline

39:00 Nicotine gum dosing 

44:40 Duration of therapy

48:08 Bupropion 

49:05 Behavioral Interventions

55:24 Vaping and electronic cigarettes 

57:03 Vaping for smoking cessation

01:02:35 EVALI

01:05:49 Outro