BACKGROUND: Limited treatment options exist for smokers who are not ready to make a
quit attempt. Smoking reduction may be a viable treatment approach if proven to increase …

Objective: Use and effectiveness of nicotine patch were explored in a randomized trial
evaluating smoking cessation interventions with this population. Participants: Smokers aged …

Aims Despite the existence of effective cessation methods, the vast majority of smokers
attempt to quit on their own. To date, there is little evidence to explain the low adoption rates …

Abstract The Pharmacists Educating Patients Program (PEPP) was designed (1) to provide
pharmacists with smoking cessation consultation guidelines for patients on nicotine …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of different practice-based
approaches to assist patients of primary care physicians to quit smoking and sustain …

OBJECTIVE: To explore demographic-, health-, and smoking-related predictors and
moderators of outcome in smokers who participated in two different brief smoking cessation …

Aims Effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation has not
been evaluated in low income countries, such as S yria, where it is expensive and not widely …

Introduction Most smokers abstain from smoking during hospitalization but relapse upon
discharge. This study tests the effectiveness of two proven treatments (ie, nicotine patches …

Introduction: Advice can have a small but clinically important effect in promoting smoking
cessation. Where studied, the rate of delivery has been found to be low. Training has been …

Background Although smoking-cessation interventions typically focus directly on patients,
this paper conducts an economic evaluation of a novel smoking-cessation intervention …