Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
-
Ther Adv Respir Dis · Dec 2007
Smoking cessation treatment in a real-life setting: the Greek experience.
The aim of this study was to estimate the clinical efficacy of counseling combined with currently used pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation (bupropion SR and nicotine replacement therapy, NRT) in actual clinical practice, and to identify predictors of successful abstinence at the end of therapy, as well as predictors of sustained abstinence in one year. ⋯ Smoking cessation interventions implementing intensive multi-component programs and constant smokers' motivation in health care settings of actual practice seem promising for increasing short and long-term abstinence rates.