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The Covid-19 lockdown has taught us some lessons for Smoking Cessation writes
Prof. Luke Clancy including the use of the Internet. And all those outside smoking areas should never be re-opened after the pandemic
There is a serious need to consider the possible role of internet-based Smoking Cessation services, especially now during the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic. This is very much in line with national Tobacco Control policy, because despite the Tobacco Free Ireland commitment to a 5% smoking prevalence by the year 2025, Tobacco Free Research Institute’s SimSmoke modelling analysis suggests that this will not happen with the present TFI policies.
Interview: ‘Remdesivir doesn’t save lives – but desperate families demand that doctors prescribe it’
An interview with Dr Lancelot Pinto, consultant pulmonologist at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. A queue for remdesivir outside the Chemists Association office in Pune on April 9. | AFP
Crowds of people outside pharmacies hoping to buy doses of the antiviral drug remdesivir have been among the defining images of the second wave of Covid-19 infections in India. The drug was earlier manufactured to treat Ebola and then repurposed to treat Covid-19. Concerns remain that remdesivir, which has been shown to be ineffective in large randomised controlled trials, is being overprescribed.
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