Prevalence and Impact of Long-term Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in UK Stop-Smoking Services: Findings From the ELONS Study | Zendy

Lion Shahab | Zendy; Fiona Dobbie | Zendy; Rosemary Hiscock | Zendy; Ann McNeill | Zendy; Linda Bauld | Zendy

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Prevalence and Impact of Long-term Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in UK Stop-Smoking Services: Findings From the ELONS Study

Author(s) -

Lion Shahab,

Fiona Dobbie,

Rosemary Hiscock,

Ann McNeill,

Linda Bauld

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

nicotine and tobacco research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338

H-Index - 113

eISSN - 1469-994X

pISSN - 1462-2203

DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntw258

Subject(s) - cotinine , medicine , nicotine replacement therapy , sss* , smoking cessation , nicotine , harm reduction , saliva , abstinence , environmental health , demography , psychiatry , public health , nursing , pathology , sociology

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) was licensed for harm reduction in the United Kingdom in 2005, and guidance to UK Stop-Smoking Services (SSS) to include long-term partial or complete substitution of cigarettes with NRT was issued in 2013. Yet, NRT prevalence data and data on changes in biomarkers associated with long-term NRT use among SSS clients are scarce.

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