Using Nicotine Gum to Assist Nondaily Smokers in Quitting: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-daily intermittent smokers (ITS) comprise 30% of US adult smokers. ITS smoke for nicotine and have trouble quitting, but tend to smoke in particular situations. This study tested the effect of nicotine gum, used to prevent or react to situational temptations, for helping ITS quit.

Methods

ITS (smoking 4-27 days/month) seeking help quitting were randomized to 2 mg nicotine gum (n = 181) or placebo (n = 188), to be used to anticipate or react to temptations to smoke, for 8 weeks. Participants received up to six sessions of behavioral counseling. The primary outcome was 6-month biochemically verified continuous abstinence; analyses also examined 14-day point-prevalence abstinence at multiple time points, and used event-history analyses to assess progression to

SUBMITTER: Shiffman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297094 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature