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Efficacy

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The increase in percent of patients abstinent for more than 6 months has been studied for the following interventions:

  • up to 3 minutes advice was 2% better than no advice
  • up to 10 minutes advice was 3% better than no advice
  • up to 10 minutes advice plus nicotine replacement was 6% better than advice alone

Reference:

  1. Raw M et al. Smoking cessation: evidence based recommendations for the healthcare system. BMJ 1999;318: 182-5.

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