title: [Treatments to quit smoking, available in Mexico].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Secretaria de Salud, México, D.F., México. rhsansores@aol.com
authors.forename: Raúl H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sansores
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Venegas
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Martínez
authors.forename: Ricardo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sandoval
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
vernacular_title: Tratamientos para dejar de fumar, disponibles en México.