Drugs and Nicotine-Replacement Therapies Better Than Placebo at Smoking Cessation
Jump to full article: WebMD, 2008-07-14
Author: Jennifer Warner WebMD Health News
Intro: Smoking-cessation drugs and many nicotine-replacement therapies are more than twice as effective at helping smokers quit than going it alone.
A new analysis of 69 studies comparing seven different smoking-cessation treatments shows six of the seven treatments were more effective than placebo in helping smokers quit the habit for at least six months to a year.
But researchers say smoking-cessation therapies are underused because of problems translating those results to the public and providing widespread access to the treatments.
"We are confident that the recommended treatments will substantially increase rates of smoking abstinence when given to smokers who wish to quit," researcher John Cunningham of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, says in a news release.�
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