[Treatments to quit smoking, available in Mexico].
OBJECTIVE
To describe smoking cessation therapies available in Mexico.


METHODS
Literature review of meta-analysis, controlled clinical trials, and behavioral therapy studies.


RESULTS
Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy interventions showed a good chance of success on average, expressed as the ratio of the active drug vs. placebo cessation therapy outcomes (ratios of 39, 78, 79, 117, and 119%, for nicotine chewing gum, bupropion, nicotine patch, inhaler, and nicotine nasal spray, respectively). Behavioral therapy showed satisfactory results, (OR = 3.8) however, more research is needed to establish its effectiveness.


CONCLUSIONS
Emphasis is made on the need to combine behavioral therapy with pharmacotherapy, to increase the likelihood of successful smoking cessation.
Sansores
Raúl H
RH
Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Secretaria de Salud, México, D.F., México. rhsansores@aol.com
Ramírez-Venegas
Alejandra
A
Espinosa-Martínez
Marlene
M
Sandoval
Ricardo A
RA
D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
Tratamientos para dejar de fumar, disponibles en México.