Posts Tagged ‘Pfizer’

A new online surgery launches as part of a nationwide campaign to support people to quit smoking. In particular, there are an estimated 3 million women in the UK who want to quit smoking,[3,4] with more than ever trying to quit,[5 ]but the majority are still likely to relapse without expert support.6 The national awareness campaign is supported by Pfizer Life with the charity QUIT® and involves ...

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B.C. women have started a class-action lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary, claiming that the smoking-cessation drug Champix causes depression and suicidal tendencies.One of

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Three B.C. women are suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over a lucrative drug that is designed to help people quit smoking but which, the plaintiffs claim, causes suicidal tendencies as an unintended byproduct.

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Three British Columbia residents are suing Pfizer, claiming the company's smoking-cession drug Champix can cause serious psychiatric reactions.

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Feb

Stop-smoking clinic to be held (Anderson Independent-Mail)

   Posted by: Quit Smoking    in Uncategorized

ANDERSON —A free quit-smoking workshop sponsored by Pfizer will be held in March in Seneca and Anderson. The workshop will feature an hour-long presentation by a treatment specialist, along with testimonial from a former smoker who was able to quit with the help of a prescription treatment. There will be sessions from noon to 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at Oconee Medical ...

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Sexual innuendo is being muted in TV ads for Pfizer Inc.'s erection pill Viagra as drugmakers react to added U.S. scrutiny of promotional campaigns for medicines.Instead of middle-aged bikers singing "Viva Viagra," as seen in a 2007 commercial, the latest Viagra ad shows a gray-haired man meeting with a doctor. After Pfizer's quit-smoking treatment Chantix was tied to suicides in 2008, the New ...

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Three personal injury lawsuits were filed against Pfizer Inc on Friday, claiming its smoking cessation drug Chantix caused attempted suicides and death

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Three personal injury lawsuits were filed against Pfizer Inc on Thursday, claiming its smoking-cessation drug Chantix caused attempted suicides or death.

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Lisa Smallwood tried just about every stop-smoking gimmick on the market, from nicotine patches and gum to a smoking cessation program. Then, someone suggested a new drug, Chantix, developed by Pfizer Inc.

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is running a major campaign to convince Australian smokers that they should not try to quit without taking anti-smoking medication, writes Simon Chapman .

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