Effect of Mailing Nicotine Patches on Tobacco Cessation Among Adult Smokers: A Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Internal Medicine
John A CunninghamScott T Leatherdale

Abstract

The efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is well demonstrated in clinical trials in which NRT is accompanied by behavioral support. Epidemiologic data, however, indicate that people using NRT are no more likely to successfully quit smoking than those who do not use NRT. To evaluate the effect of mailing nicotine patches to smokers without behavioral support on quit success rates. A single-blinded, 2-group randomized clinical trial of adult smokers recruited across Canada by random-digit dialing of home and cell telephone numbers from June 4, 2012, through June 26, 2014. Follow-up was completed on January 5, 2015, and data were analyzed from May 24, 2015, through July 6, 2015. A total of 2093 individuals who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day were interviewed at baseline and asked if they would be hypothetically interested in receiving nicotine patches by mail to quit smoking. Those who were interested and deemed eligible to participate (no contraindications to NRT) were randomized to the experimental group to be mailed a 5-week supply of nicotine patches or to a control group. Telephone follow-ups were conducted at 8 weeks and 6 months. Participants in the experimental group were sent a 5-week course of nicotine p...Continue Reading

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Apr 9, 2020·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Matthew J Carpenter, John R Hughes
Sep 25, 2017·Postgraduate Medical Journal·Omar M Chehab, Habib A Dakik
Aug 14, 2019·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·Yee Tak Derek CheungTai Hing Lam
Apr 12, 2017·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·John A Cunningham, Vladyslav Kushnir
Jun 1, 2018·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Jamie Hartmann-BoyceTim Lancaster
May 19, 2017·Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco·John A CunninghamScott T Leatherdale
Dec 28, 2017·Journal of the National Cancer Institute·Hilary A Tindle, Robert A Greevy
Nov 12, 2017·Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology·Matthew J CarpenterK Michael Cummings

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