TY - JOUR T1 - Intentions of smokers to use free nicotine replacement therapy JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 145 LP - 146 DO - 10.1503/cmaj.071241 VL - 179 IS - 2 AU - John A. Cunningham, PhD AU - Peter L. Selby, MBBS Y1 - 2008/07/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/179/2/145.abstract N2 - Public health initiatives to distribute nicotine replacement therapy free of charge as a means of promoting smoking cessation are ongoing. Are there enough smokers interested in using nicotine replacement therapy to have a substantial impact on the prevalence of smoking if this aid were distributed free to all interested smokers? We conducted a telephone survey of 825 randomly selected daily smokers aged 18 years or older who had smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day at some point in their lives. Overall, 58.9% of the respondents said they would be interested in nicotine replacement therapy if it were offered for free. Of those interested, almost all (93.8%) said that they would use the nicotine replacement therapy to help them quit for good. There were differences in the levels of interest: smokers who intended to quit were more interested in using the nicotine replacement therapy than those who planned to reduce or maintain their smoking. ER -