Comparison of four methods of smoking withdrawal in patients with smoking related diseases. Report by a subcommittee of the Research Committee of the British Thoracic Society.
Four methods of smoking withdrawal were compared in patients with smoking related diseases attending a hospital or chest clinic. Reinforcing verbal advice with a booklet or with a booklet together with nicotine or placebo chewing gum did not result in greater success than verbal advice alone. Roughly a quarter of those patients who denied smoking had carboxyhaemoglobin and plasma thiocyanate concentrations typical of smokers. At the end of a year 150 out of 1550 patients (9.7%) had successfully stopped smoking.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002638:Chewing Gum; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
D002638:Chewing Gum; D009538:Nicotine