Background Both behavioural support (including brief advice and counselling) and
pharmacotherapies (including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline and …

Background Telephone services can provide information and support for smokers.
Counselling may be provided proactively or offered reactively to callers to smoking …

Background Pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation increase the likelihood of achieving
abstinence in a quit attempt. It is plausible that providing support, or, if support is offered …

Objectives: State and national tobacco quitlines have expanded rapidly and offer a range of
services. We examined the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of offering callers single …

Background A number of treatments can help smokers make a successful quit attempt, but
many initially successful quitters relapse over time. Several interventions have been …

Quitlines provide a model for the translation of research findings to public health application.
Quitlines are currently in operation in more than half of US states, in Canada, and in multiple …

Introduction: Identifying successful smoking treatment interventions and methods of delivery
is critical given the smoking rates among HIV-positive populations and the medical …

Aims. The development of acceptable, widely available and effective smoking cessation
methods is central to public health strategy for tobacco control. We examined the …

A method of determining a personalised therapeutic regime, comprising: receiving genetic
information relating to a patient; determining genetic criteria relevant to a personalised …

Context Treatment guidelines recommend the use of combination therapies for smoking
cessation, particularly behavioral therapy (BT) as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy. However …