Randomized Trial of Nicotine Lozenges and Phone Counseling for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation

The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence-Smokeless Tobacco (FTND-ST).

Few nicotine dependence measures have been developed for smokeless tobacco (ST) users. Existing measures are limited by the requirement to rate the nicotine content of ST brands for which data is scarce or non-existent. We modified the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) for ST users, referred to this scale as the FTND-ST, and evaluated its characteristics in a population of 42 ST us...

Tobacco use cessation counseling of parents.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Tobacco use and secondhand tobacco smoke exposure of children are a significant problem faced by pediatricians. This article reviews the recommendations of the 2008 update of the guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence and their application in the pediatric setting. RECENT FINDINGS Every tobacco user seen in the clinical setting, including parents and other persons who...

Systemic absorption and effects of nicotine from smokeless tobacco.

Nicotine is absorbed in substantial quantities from smokeless tobacco and could contribute to the adverse consequences of smokeless tobacco use. Chronic systemic exposure to nicotine could contribute to accelerated coronary artery disease, acute cardiac ischemic events, and hypertension. Systemic absorption of sodium and mutagenic chemicals from smokeless tobacco could aggravate hypertension or...

SMOKELESS TOBACCO SMOKELESS TOBACCO 1. Description of Smokeless Tobacco Practices

Nicotine gum treatment before smoking cessation: a randomized trial.

BACKGROUND New ways of improving the efficacy of nicotine therapy need to be explored. We tested whether starting nicotine polacrilex gum treatment 4 weeks before the quit date improved smoking abstinence rates compared with starting treatment on the quit date. METHODS An open randomized trial of 314 daily smokers (mean, 23.7 cigarettes/d) enrolled through the Internet and by physicians in Sw...