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Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-05-07
Author: SOURCE Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Intro: An updated clinical
practice guideline released today by the U.S. Public Health Service has
identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for
helping people quit smoking. In addition, the May 7 issue of JAMA includes
a commentary that urges clinicians to use the updated guideline to
accelerate progress in reducing the use of tobacco.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update was developed by a
24-member, private-sector panel of leading national tobacco treatment
experts that reviewed more than 8,700 research articles published between
1975 and 2007. The review found that there are now seven medications
approved by the Food and Drug Administration as smoking cessation
treatments that dramatically increase the success of quitting. The
medications are: bupropion SR, nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler, nicotine
lozenge, nicotine nasal spray, nicotine patch, and varenicline.
. . .
The 2008 PHS guideline update and its companion products, which include
a consumer guide and a pocket guide for clinicians, are available online at
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm. Copies of the 2008 PHS
guideline update products are also available by calling 1-800-358-9295.
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