Pharmacological Adjuncts in Smoking Cessation

摘要

The volume reviews and samples the most recent literature and scientific work on nicotine and tobacco dependence. The findings point to the utility of integrating behavioral and pharmacological treatment strategies in tobacco dependence and have implications for the development of therapeutic interventions for other dependence disorders. Topics covered include An overview; Rational basis for chemotherapy of tobacco dependence; The titration hypothesis revisited; Cardiovascular effects of nicotine gum and cigarettes assessed by ECG and echocardiography; Characterization of tobacco withdrawal: Physiological and subjective effects; Short-term effects of nicotine gum; Nicotine gum vs. placebo gum; Nicotine chewing gum in smoking cessation: efficiency, nicotine dependence, therapy duration and clinical recommendations; Theoretical background and clinical use of nicotine chewing gum; and Psychological and pharmacological approaches to smoking relapse prevention.