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The Tobacco Reference Guide
by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 22 Smoking and tobacco cessation

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Smoking and tobacco cessation: Nicotine replacement and

pharmacologic treatment

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Actor James Garner, 68, was successful in 1996 in stopping after 55 years of

smoking, and now serves as a spokesperson for the Nicotrol brand of nicotine

patches.

USA Today, February 14, 1997, p. 2D

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Nicotine patches help in reducing symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis, a

chronic condition that eventually results in nearly 30% of colitis sufferers having their

colons surgically removed. The condition affects 320,000 Americans and results in

rectal bleeding, severe diarrhea and cramping. It is much less common in smokers.

Associated Press, March 1, 1997

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Nicotine NS, a nasal spray delivering one milligram per squirt (about as much as an

average cigarette) was approved by the FDA in March 1996.

American Medical News, April 15, 1996

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A Federal advisory committee has recommended approval of a metered dose oral

nicotine inhaler as a fourth alternative source of nicotine for people trying to give up

smoking.

Associated Press, December 14, 1996

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In a study from Iceland, by adding nicotine nasal spray to the nicotine patch,

abstinence rates were doubled at 6 months, tripled at 12 months, and remained

double at the end of a five year follow up period compared to use of the transdermal

nicotine patch alone.

10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Beijing, 1997 (Thorsteinn Blondal)

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