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Article: OFFICE PRACTICE MODEL AND 16-HOUR NICOTINE PATCH YIELDS SIGNIFICANT QUIT RATES FOR SMOKERS
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- PR Newswire
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- August 19, 1993
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A significant -- 25 percent -- quit rate will be reported here for patients in a one-year study of the nicotine patch's efficacy, with physician counseling, in aiding smoking cessation. One year sustained non-smoking rates were nearly three times higher for patients using the patch, (25 percent vs. 9 percent) versus those wearing a placebo, or dummy patch.
The study was designed as a model for the stop-smoking therapy that a primary care physician could provide for patients in his or her private office. No special psychological or behavioral skills or services were used.
The study, conducted by pulmonologist David P.L. ...