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Cytisine versus Nicotine for Smoking Cessation

Author(s) -

Witold Zatoński,

Mateusz Zatoński

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmc1500342

Subject(s) - cytisine , medicine , smoking cessation , nicotine , randomized controlled trial , novelty , the renaissance , nicotine dependence , cohort , traditional medicine , psychiatry , nicotinic agonist , psychology , social psychology , receptor , pathology , art , art history

To the Editor: Walker et al. (Dec. 18 issue)1 describe the use of cytisine, as compared with nicotine, for smoking cessation. Although cytisine is perceived as a novelty in the West, it has been used in daily medical practice in Poland for more than 50 years.2 In 1976, the first English-language study on the use of cytisine in Poland was published, based on the observations of 1968 patients.3 Cytisine is currently undergoing a renaissance in Poland. Two Polish studies — a cohort study conducted in 2003 through 20054 and a randomized, controlled trial conducted in 2006 through 20105 — showed . . .

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