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Lots of people are greeting the new year with plans to quit smoking. The good news is, there is more evidence than ever on the best ways to boost your chances of success. Below we cover the different methods that science suggests are worth a shot.

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Viral cultures for assessing airborne infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Onakpoya IJ. et al, (2026), BMC Infectious Diseases, 26

Bridging the gap: a mixed-methods real-world pilot of a digital intervention for adults with binge eating

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Osborne EL. et al, (2026), Journal of Eating Disorders, 14

The effect of increasing availability of vegetarian meals on their sales in worksite cafeterias: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

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Becker E. et al, (2026), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 23

Telephone triage in urgent unscheduled primary care in 16 European countries: a cross-national questionnaire-based expert study

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Bergholdt Jul Christiansen I. et al, (2026), Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 44

A multivariate decomposition analysis of drivers of overweight and obesity among Ghanaian women

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Mensah JP. et al, (2026), Communications Medicine, 6

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