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November 9, 2009, Cupertino et al. 169 (20): 1928
Jump to full article: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2009-11-09
Intro: Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.
Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy can double quit rates.1 However, smokers often fail after a single quit attempt, and quitting smoking often involves multiple quit attempts over the course of months or years.2-5 Few studies have tested the impact of providing repeated courses of pharmacotherapy to help smokers recover from relapses and engage in new cessation attempts.6-11 As part of a study of chronic disease management for smoking cessation, we followed a cohort of smokers that was offered up to 4 courses of pharmacotherapy over 2 years. We examined their continued interest in using pharmacotherapy and the effect of that treatment.
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