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Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation

Kathleen Barry, Jorge Finke

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Abstract

Patients using a combination of nicotine patch and fast-acting NRT are more likely to quit smoking than those on any single therapy alone (number needed to treat [NNT] = 29; 95% CI, 20 to 47).

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Patients using a combination of nicotine patch and fast-acting NRT are more likely to quit smoking than those on any single therapy alone (number needed to treat [NNT] = 29; 95% CI, 20 to 47).

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Patients using a combination of nicotine patch and fast-acting NRT are more likely to quit smoking than those on any single therapy alone (number needed to treat [NNT] = 29; 95% CI, 20 to 47).

Key concepts: Medicine, Nicotine replacement therapy, Smoking cessation, Nicotine patch, Nicotine, Varenicline, Number needed to treat, Internal medicine

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