Smoking reduction promotes smoking cessation: Results from a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of nicotine gum with 2-year follow-up

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1395-1402

  Wennike, Poul ^a   Danielsson, Tobias ^b   Landfeldt, Björn ^b   Westin, Åke ^b   Tønnesen, Philip ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cotinine; Nicotine gum; Smoking cessation; Smoking reduction; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO; THIOCYANATE; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEWING GUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0142124930     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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