Open AccessEffect on Smoking Cessation of Switching Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Over-the-Counter Status
Author(s) -
Anne N. Thorndike,
Lois Biener,
Nancy A. Rigotti
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.3.437
Subject(s) - nicotine replacement therapy , medicine , smoking cessation , nicotine , medical prescription , nicotine withdrawal , quit smoking , over the counter , demography , pharmacology , pathology , sociology
This study examined whether the change in nicotine replacement therapy sales from prescription to over the counter (OTC) status affected smoking cessation.