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declined from 70% at 4 weeks, 29% at 12 weeks,<br />

22% at 6 months and 18.5% at 12 months after<br />

starting treatment. This is in contrast to the results<br />

in a large group of Spanish smokers who received<br />

less intensive treatment and yet achieved continuous<br />

abstinence rates of 53% and 38.8% at 3 and 6<br />

months, respectively [10]. They smoked a mean of<br />

25.2 cigarettes daily and more than 50% of them<br />

had a FTND score of

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