160. Treatment Recommendations: Medications
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Meta-analysis (2008): Effectiveness and abstinence rates for smokers not willing to quit (but willing to change their smoking patterns or reduce their smoking) after receiving nicotine replacement therapy compared to placebo (n = 5 studies)
Intervention | Number of arms | Estimated odds ratio (95% C. I.) | Estimated Abstinence rate (95% C. I.) |
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Placebo | 5 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
Nicotine replacement (gum, inhaler or patch) | 5 | 2.5 (1.7, 3.7) | 8.4 (5.9, 12.0) |