2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04048.x
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Randomized trial of the effectiveness of combined behavioral/pharmacological smoking cessation treatment in Syrian primary care clinics

Abstract: Nicotine patches may not be effective in helping smokers in low-income countries to stop when given as an adjunct to behavioural support.

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“…The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of The University of Memphis and Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies. Full details of the trial design and its methods are published elsewhere (Ward et al 2013). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of The University of Memphis and Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies. Full details of the trial design and its methods are published elsewhere (Ward et al 2013). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the extensive literature on evaluating nicotine withdrawal symptoms in populations from high-income countries (Bidwell et al 2013;Gritz et al 1991;Hendricks and Leventhal 2013;Hendricks et al 2014;Morrell et al 2008;Neiro et al 2014;Piasecki et al 2003;West and Russell 1985;West et al 2008), such information in low-income countries lags behind. Findings from the first cessation trial that was conducted in a low-income country setting (Aleppo, Syria) show that having fewer nicotine withdrawal symptoms during smoking cessation treatment was associated with a greater likelihood of smoking abstinence (Ward et al 2013). Therefore, there is a great need for further examination of the nature of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, and individual factors (e.g., demographic, smoking related and psychosocial) that may influence the severity of these symptoms in low-income countries such as Syria, which as many other Middle Eastern countries has a different smoking profile in comparison to western developed highincome countries (Maziak et al 2004).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Smokeless tobacco is consumed by a quarter of a billion people living in South Asia, yet there is very little evidence on cessation support interventions in this population. Moreover, nicotine replacement therapy, a cornerstone of pharmacotherapy, has so far failed to show a significant treatment effect in low-income settings [7].…”
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“…Kenneth Ward and his colleagues assessed the additional impact of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in Syria in a two arm, parallel group, randomized placebo-controlled, double-blind trial [1]. Patients were seen in one of four primary care clinics and in addition to random allocation to active or placebo nicotine patch received brief physician advice and behavioral counseling.…”
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