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Volume 98 Issue 5 Page 569 - May 2003
Jump to full article: Addiction, 2003-05-08
Author: JonO. Ebbert1, Leah C. Rowland2, Victor M. Montori3, Kristin S. Vickers4, Patricia J. Erwin5 & Lowell C. Dale1,4
Intro: Aims
Spit tobacco use is prevalent in the United States and is associated with adverse health consequences. Health-care providers have neither evidence summaries nor evidence-based guidelines to assist them in treating patients who use spit tobacco.
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Conclusions
Behavioral interventions for ST users are effective for increasing STabstinence rates. Bupropion SR is probably effective and nicotinereplacement therapy may be effective. This evidence from randomizedcontrolled trials provides health-care professionals with informationnecessary to effectively treat spit tobacco use.
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