Background Pharmacological treatments for tobacco dependence, such as nicotine
replacement therapy (NRT), have been shown to be safe and effective interventions for …

The impact of tobacco smoking treatment is determined by its reach into the smoking
population and the effectiveness of its interventions. This review evaluates the reach and …

Objective To examine the effects of five intervention components on smokers' adherence to
combined nicotine patch and nicotine gum during a quit attempt and assess whether …

Background Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) bought over the counter (OTC) appears to
be largely ineffective for smoking cessation, which may be partially explained by poor …

Introduction Medication sampling is a clinically useful tool to engage smokers in the quitting
process. Whether varenicline is suitable for sampling purposes is unclear. The purpose of …

Introduction Cigarette smoking disproportionately affects communities of low socioeconomic
status where greater smoking prevalence and poorer cessation rates have been observed …

Introduction While nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a frontline tobacco treatment that
doubles smoking quit rates, only about 18% of Black adults who smoke cigarettes report …

Objectives Smoking prevalence remains high among low-income smokers. Understanding
processes (eg, withdrawal, craving, motivation) in early smoking cessation is crucially …

Objective: Fostering practice quit attempts (PQAs)—that is, attempts to not smoke for a few
hours or days, without pressure to permanently quit—represents a potential means to …

This chapter discusses the treatment of substance use disorders within community
corrections populations. The history of substance abuse treatment within correctional …