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The Treatment of Cigarette Dependence
Author(s) -
Jarvis Martin
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1983.tb02493.x
Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , nicotine , chewing gum , smoking cessation , medicine , intensive care medicine , nicotine gum , alternative medicine , psychiatry , chemistry , pathology , food science , placebo
Summary While intensive trials of purely psychological techniques in smoking cessation continue to give disappointing results, there is now good evidence that a clinically relevant specific treatment effect is obtained with appropriate use of nicotine chewing gum. The gum is in no way a panacea and should be seen as a treatment aid rather than as a complete treatment in itself. General practitioners are seen as having the major contribution to make towards smoking reduction, and their undoubted potential as motivators could be enhanced by the use of temporary nicotine substitution in dependent smokers.