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[Treatments to quit smoking, available in Mexico]
Raúl H Sansores1, Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas, Marlene Espinosa-Martínez
1Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Secretaria de Salud, México, D.F., México. rhsansores@aol.com
Objective:
To describe smoking cessation therapies available in Mexico.
Material And Methods:
Literature review of meta-analysis, controlled clinical trials, and behavioral therapy studies.
Results:
Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy interventions showed a good chance of success on average, expressed as the ratio of the active drug vs. placebo cessation therapy outcomes (ratios of 39, 78, 79, 117, and 119%, for nicotine chewing gum, bupropion, nicotine patch, inhaler, and nicotine nasal spray, respectively). Behavioral therapy showed satisfactory results, (OR = 3.8) however, more research is needed to establish its effectiveness.
Conclusions:
Emphasis is made on the need to combine behavioral therapy with pharmacotherapy, to increase the likelihood of successful smoking cessation.