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PHARMACOLOGICAL<br />

APPROACHES TO SMOKING<br />

ADDICTION<br />

Quitting smoking is very difficult. Surveys<br />

show that 74% of smokers <strong>report</strong> a desire<br />

to quit and 70% of smokers have made<br />

previous attempts to quit smoking, yet<br />

success rates remain low (US Department<br />

of Health and Human Services, Healthy<br />

People 2000 Review, 1994). The difficulty<br />

that most smokers encounter reflects<br />

both a habit and a physiological addiction.<br />

In addition, cessation involves discontinuing<br />

a dependency that smokers acquired<br />

at a vulnerable period in their lives<br />

(Tobacco control, p128).<br />

The low success rates associated with<br />

unaided attempts to quit suggest that<br />

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Betel-quid and Areca-nut Chewing; and Some Related<br />

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28 The causes of <strong>cancer</strong><br />

pharmacological treatment be offered<br />

unless there is a medical contraindication.<br />

Treatments for smoking addiction include<br />

nicotine replacement therapies and nonnicotine<br />

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Family Med, 9: 270-281, 2000; The Tobacco<br />

Use and Dependence Clinical Practice<br />

Guideline Panel, JAMA, 283: 3244-3254,<br />

2000). Nicotine replacement therapies<br />

include nicotine polacrilex gum, transdermal<br />

nicotine patch, nicotine nasal spray,<br />

nicotine sublingual tablet, and nicotine<br />

inhaler but only about 25% of attempts<br />

involve the use of any nicotine replacement<br />

therapy.<br />

The only approved non-nicotine therapy is<br />

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In preparation.<br />

some promise but are not generally<br />

approved for use.<br />

Combination of two nicotine replacement<br />

therapies (patch plus gum, spray, or<br />

inhaler) or a nicotine replacement therapy<br />

plus a non-nicotine drug (bupropion) may<br />

work better than single agents.<br />

In summary, treatments help fewer than<br />

one in five smokers and are not being<br />

used by the majority of smokers trying to<br />

quit. Recent progress in the understanding<br />

of the neuropharmacological basis of<br />

nicotine addiction holds promise for the<br />

development of new treatments.<br />

WEBSITES<br />

Tobacco & Cancer, The American Cancer Society:<br />

http://www.<strong>cancer</strong>.org/docroot/PED/<br />

ped_10.asp?sitearea=PED<br />

Tobaccopedia, an online tobacco encyclopaedia:<br />

http://tobaccopedia.org/

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