OTC Nicotine Patch: Effectiveness Alone and with Brief Physician Intervention

Scott J. Leischow; Myra L. Muramoto; Gretchen N. Cook; Elizabeth P. Merikle; Sistine M. Castellini; Pamela S. Otte

doi:10.5993/AJHB.23.1.7

OTC Nicotine Patch: Effectiveness Alone and with Brief Physician Intervention

Scott J. Leischow, Myra L. Muramoto, Gretchen N. Cook, Elizabeth P. Merikle, Sistine M. Castellini, Pamela S. Otte

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Objectives: Compare the effectiveness of transdermal nicotine in an OTC (no behavioral support) vs. a physician-based minimal intervention setting (MD). Methods: Three hundred healthy adult smokers completed follow-up visits at Weeks 2, 6, 26, and 52. Subjects purchased 15 mg patches ad lib for 26 weeks. Results: No significant differences in abstinence rates between groups were found. Abstinence rates for all randomized ranged from 4.0% to 9.3%. Abstinence rates for all who purchased patches ranged from 5.3% to 12.5%. Conclusions: Use of OTC nicotine patch resulted in low cessation rates, but comparable to those when patch was combined with brief physician intervention.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	61-69
Number of pages	9
Journal	American journal of health behavior
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.23.1.7
State	Published - 1999

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