Nicotine gum and self-help manuals in smoking cessation: an evaluation in a medical context. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study evaluated the effectiveness of nicotine chewing gum in smoking cessation, when incorporated into a behaviorally oriented self-help program. One hundred ninety-seven patients were randomly assigned to nicotine gum with a self-help manual, a self-help manual without gum, or a control condition, but received no further treatment from the prescribing physician. At six weeks, the nicotine gum group was superior to both the self-help and control conditions. By one year, many gum patients had relapsed, and the treatment effect was no longer significant. Patients who were able to quit initially were most likely to remain ex-smokers in the self-help condition. The clinical importance of these findings is discussed.

publication date

  • January 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Behavior Therapy
  • Chewing Gum
  • Nicotine
  • Programmed Instructions as Topic
  • Smoking

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0024271238

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0306-4603(88)90038-x

PubMed ID

  • 3239463

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 4