Effectiveness of the nicotine inhaler for smoking cessation in an OTC setting

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-301

  Leischow, Scott J ^a   Ranger Moore, James ^b   Muramoto, Myra L ^c   Matthews, Eva ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicotine inhaler; nicotine replacement.; OTC; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 4444277672     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.4.1     Document Type: Article

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