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Title: | Real World Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Varenicline and Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions for Smoking Cessation |
Author: | Ramon Torrell, Josep M. (Josep Maria) Bruguera, Eugeni |
Keywords: | Tractament del tabaquisme Síndrome d'abstinència Smoking cessation Drug withdrawal symptoms |
Issue Date: | 21-Apr-2009 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | A prospective pragmatic interventional study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of varenicline for smoking cessation among a cohort of motivated smokers attending two smoking cessation clinics. Smokers between 18 and 65 years who had smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day were included. All participants received cognitive-behavioural varenicline according to approved dose and prescriptions. Continuous abstinence, validated by exhaled CO levels, was assessed in each control. A total of 264 smokers - 155 males (58.7%) and 109 females (41.3%) - were included. Mean age was 43.7, amount smoked was 23 cigarettes per day and 61.4% had at least one prior attempt to quit. The continuous abstinence rate at end of treatment (12 wks) was 58.3%. Conclusions: varenicline and cognitive-behavioural intervention are effective for smoking cessation with high continuous abstinence rates when are used in a clinical setting. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6041530 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009, vol. 6, num. 4, p. 1530-1538 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126638 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6041530 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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