Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Both behavioural support (including brief advice and counselling) and pharmacotherapies (including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline and bupropion) are effective in helping people to stop smoking. Combining both treatment approaches is recommended where possible, but the size of the treatment effect with different combinations and in different settings and populations is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of combining behavioural support and medication to aid...

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Authors: Stead, L; Lancaster, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 10
• Pages: CD008286
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd008286.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Smoking; Female; Counseling; Adult; Smoking Cessation; Behavior Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Humans; Combined Modality Therapy; Male