Clinical trials have shown nicotine replacement therapy is the only treatment which can effectively treat tobacco dependence.
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update includes new, effective clinical treatments for tobacco dependence and the latest information to help people quit smoking.
Pharmacotherapy of tobacco dependence.
Doctors said that tobacco dependence was a chronic condition, and that many smokers quit permanently only after making repeated attempts.
Lickint was one of the first physicians describing physical and psychological tobacco dependence as a disease, which needs treatment, suggesting a number of therapies (part of them still in use).
APNA is developing a three part series of Counseling Points on tobacco dependence entitled "Breaking Barriers and Implementing Change".
Drugs for tobacco dependence (2008).
But those of us who work with smokers to end their addiction are fully aware that nicotine replacement is a powerful, underused tool in the battle against tobacco dependence.
Varenicline (Chantix) for tobacco dependence (2006).
Treatobacco.net Treatobacco.net provides evidence-based data and practical support for the treatment of tobacco dependence.