Gradual versus abrupt smoking cessation a randomized, controlled noninferiority trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 585-592

  Lindson Hawley, Nicola ^a   Banting, Miriam ^b   West, Robert ^c   Michie, Susan ^c   Shinkins, Bethany ^a   Aveyard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE LOZENGE; NICOTINE PATCH; NOSE SPRAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SWEAT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEMORY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SALIVATION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84982108479     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2805     Document Type: Article

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