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Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(20):1927-1928.

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In a cluster-randomized smoking cessation trial conducted in Germany on 577 smokers, cost-free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or bupropion hydrochloride reduced smoking-related morbidity at low cost.¹ This adds to the accumulated evidence that NRT, bupropion, and varenicline tartrate significantly increase cessation rate and are generally well tolerated by smokers.^2-3

Using data from 6 population-based surveys conducted in Italy between 2002 and 2007, we showed that pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation was used by less than 10% of smokers who had made at least 1 quit attempt.⁴ We provide herein updated information on the issue.

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Data were derived analyzing data from a survey conducted in 2008 on 3035 individuals (1459 men and 1576 women) representative of the Italian population 15 years and older.⁵ The data were collected by trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire in the context of a computer-assisted personal in-house interview. Information on sociodemographic characteristics and on smoking behavior and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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