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Christos Papachristou1, Jean-Paul Humair2
1Service de psychiatrie adulte, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Among patients suffering from schizophrenia, tobacco smoking prevalence is extremely high and represents a major burden in terms of morbidity and mortality. Tobacco smoking is under-diagnosed and under-treated by mental health professionals, mostly due to an overestimated risk of jeopardizing the patient's mental condition, but also due to a lack of expertise on tobacco cessation treatment. Despite the extent of this problem, pharmacological approaches haven't been studied enough. However, treatments such as varenicline, bupropion and nicotine replacement are effective and well tolerated and their prescription should be recommended for tobacco withdrawal among these patients.
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