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Tobacco addiction
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Tobacco use is associated with 5 million deaths per year worldwide and is regarded as one of the leading causes of premature death. Comprehensive programmes for tobacco control can substantially reduce the frequency of tobacco use. An important component of a comprehensive programme is the provision of treatment for tobacco addiction. Treatment involves targeting several aspects of addiction including the underlying neurobiology and behavioural processes. Furthermore, building an infrastructure in health systems that encourages and helps with cessation, as well as expansion of the accessibility of treatments, is necessary. Although pharmacological and behavioural treatments are effective in improving cessation success, the rate of relapse to smoking remains high, emphasising the strong addictive nature of nicotine. The future of treatment resides in improvement in patient matching to treatment, combination or novel drugs, and viewing nicotine addiction as a chronic disorder that might need long-term treatment.
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This review summarizes the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of tobacco/nicotine addiction, emphasizing that tobacco use causes 5 million deaths annually worldwide and that pharmacotherapies and counseling can improve cessation. It concludes that nicotine addiction should be treated as a chronic disorder, with future gains expected from better patient matching, combination or novel medications, and broader treatment delivery.
Key findings
- Tobacco use is associated with 5 million deaths per year worldwide; there are about 1.2 billion smokers, half of whom will die of smoking-caused diseases, with projections of 10 million deaths per year by 2020.
- Pharmacotherapies roughly double to triple quit rates: pooled ORs were NRT 1.8 (95% CI 1.7–1.9; 104 studies), bupropion 1.9 (1.7–2.2; 31 studies), varenicline 3.2 (2.4–4.3; 4 studies), nortriptyline 2.3 (1.6–3.4; 6 studies), and clonidine 1.9 (1.3–2.7; 6 studies); estimated abstinence with active therapy was about 17–22% across these classes.
- In the general population, >70% of smokers want to quit and 45% make a quit attempt, but <5% succeed; physician advice can enhance cessation 3–5 fold above 5%, and brief advice yields a small but significant 2.5% absolute increase.
- Combination nicotine patch plus ad libitum NRT improved efficacy over single NRT (7 studies, OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1–1.8), while combining nicotine and non-nicotine therapies was not strongly supported; varenicline beat bupropion in pooled analysis (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.3–2.2).
Methods
- Narrative review; search focused on existing meta-analyses plus MEDLINE/PubMed for articles not covered, primarily medication treatments, using terms for smoking cessation, NRT, antidepressants, varenicline, bupropion, clonidine, nortriptyline, nicotine vaccine, and rimonabant.
- Included studies were selected if considered to have sufficient sample size and rigorous methodology and to add to the manuscript; global prevalence data came from WHO and American Cancer Society databases.
- Main analysis was qualitative synthesis of cited meta-analyses and trials, reporting pooled odds ratios and abstinence rates; no new primary data were collected.
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- The paper states that global prevalence rates are not strictly comparable because samples may not be representative, time periods, smoking definitions, and age cutoffs differ; they are described as the best available data.
- The paper states that most evidence-based treatments come from developed countries, though they may generalize to developing countries, and culturally sensitive interventions are underway.
- Evident from the text: this is a narrative review, not a systematic review, with study selection based on author judgment of sample size and rigor; one author (Hatsukami) reports advising Pfizer on varenicline and receiving a grant from Nabi Biopharmaceuticals for nicotine vaccine trials.
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“In contrast, among women, only about 10% of the global population lives in a country where the prevalence is greater than 24%.”
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“It is clear that more men smoke compared to women.”
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“For example, the median control group quit rate across all NRT trials is 11% and the estimated odds ratio is 1.8 (95% CI 1.7, 1.9), giving an estimated quit rate on active therapy of 18% (95% CI 17%, 19%)”
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- Not checked yetcites [88] Tatley
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“No significant differences in cessation rates were observed between the recommended 300 mg dose and the 150 mg dose (OR 1.07, 95% CI 09.87, 1.32;) (97).”
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- Not checked yetcites [97] Pierce, 2002, Impact of over-the-counter sales on effectiveness of pharmaceutical aids for smoking cessation, JAMA source
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“The addiction to nicotine is a consequence of the speed and magnitude of nicotine delivery, the clearance of nicotine, its effect on the brain, the development of physical dependence, and the occurrence of associative learning where stimuli linked with smoking trigger tobacco use.”
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“Diagnosis based on these criteria is also limited because of its unidimensional and categorical nature, rather than reflecting the potentially multidimensional and continuous aspects of addiction.”
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“In the shorter term (i.e., over the next thirty years), the main determinant of significantly reducing the accelerated increase of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality would be if smokers were able to quit smoking (3).”
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- Not checked yetcites [3] Mackay, 2006
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“Of the various types of nAChRs that exist in the central nervous system (CNS), members of the so-called bungarotoxin-insensitive subtypes, which are composed of alpha and beta subunits and includes the ubiquitous α4β2-containing subtype, have been extensively implicated in the behavioral effects of nicotine, including its dependence-related effects such as nicotine self-administration and neurotra”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [25] Mansvelder, 2000, Long-term potentiation of excitatory inputs to brain reward areas by nicotine, Neuron source
- Not checked yetcites [26] Boyadjieva, 1997, The secretory response of hypothalamic beta-endorphin neurons to acute and chronic nicotine treatments and following nicotine withdrawal, Life Sci source
- Not checked yetcites [27] Wonnacott, 2005, Nicotine: from molecular mechanisms to behaviour, Curr Opin Pharmacol source
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“While current pharmacological and behavioral treatments are effective in improving cessation success, the rate of relapse to smoking remains high, demonstrating the strong addictive nature of nicotine.”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [72] 2002, Cigarette smoking among adults—United States, 2000, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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“Nicotine administration also increases the extracellular noradrenaline in various parts of the brain (32–35);”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [32] Fu, 2001, Norepinephrine secretion in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of rats during unlimited access to self-administered nicotine: an in vivo microdialysis study, J Neurosci source
- Not checked yetcites [33] Pidoplichko, 1997, Nicotine activates and desensitizes midbrain dopamine neurons, Nature source
- Not checked yetcites [34] Benwell, 1995, Desensitization of the nicotine-induced mesolimbic dopamine responses during constant infusion with nicotine, Br J Pharmacol source
- Not checked yetcites [35] Hughes, 2007, Effects of abstinence from tobacco: valid symptoms and time course, Nicotine Tob Res source
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“About 45% of the global population lives in countries where the prevalence of smoking among males is greater than 45%, and about 92% of the global population lives where prevalence among men is more than 25%.”
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“Based on the analyses of the World Health Organization and American Cancer Society database, Tables 1a and 1b show the distribution of prevalence of smoking among adult men and women in different countries of the world.”
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“Higher alkalinity is associated with greater absorption in the non-ionized state, which crosses cell membranes more rapidly than ionized nicotine (13, 14).”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [13] Piper, 2006, Assessing tobacco dependence: a guide to measure evaluation and selection, Nicotine Tob Res source
- Not checked yetcites [14] Baker, 2007, Time to first cigarette in the morning as an index of ability to quit smoking: implications for nicotine dependence, Nic Tob Research
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“Nicotine is metabolized to cotinine primarily by C-oxidation via CYP2A6 metabolizing enzymes. Cotinine is further hydroxylated to trans 3-hydroxycotinine also via CYP2A6 enzymes. CYP2A6 activity varies significantly among individuals, which may affect smoking behaviors (16–21),”
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Benowitz, 1999, Nicotine addiction, Prim Care source
- Not checked yetcites [17] Zevin, 1998, Clinical pharmacology of nicotine, Clin Dermatol source
- Not checked yetcites [18] Henningfield, 1993, Nicotine delivery kinetics and abuse liability, J Consult Clin Psychol source
- Not checked yetcites [19] Hukkanen, 2005, Metabolism and disposition kinetics of nicotine, Pharmacol Rev source
- Not checked yetcites [20] Henningfield, 1996, Pharmalogical aspects of drug dependence: toward an integrated neurobehavioral approach
- Not checked yetcites [21] Paterson, 2000, Neuronal nicotinic receptors in the human brain, Prog Neurobiol source
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“While current pharmacological and behavioral treatments are effective in improving cessation success, the rate of relapse to smoking remains high, demonstrating the strong addictive nature of nicotine.”
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“These prevalence rates are not strictly comparable: samples may not be representative of the population of the country, time period to which they refer may be different, the definition of smoking may be different (e.g. smoking of at least one cigarette a day for a specified time period vs. smoking of at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime) and even age cut offs may be different.”
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“The 1988 Surgeon’s General report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction (4), described three major conclusions: 1) cigarettes and other forms of tobacco are addictive, 2) nicotine is the drug that causes this addiction, and 3) the pharmacological and behavioral processes that determine tobacco addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to drugs such as heroin and coc”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [4] Henningfield, 1998, Tobacco-dependence medications: public health and regulatory issues, Food Drug Law J
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“Treatment with nicotine patches has been examined with smokers who have cardiovascular disease and the medications have been found to be safe (154).”
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- Not checked yetcites [154]
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“Although the majority of smokers will quit on their own (76), the physician and other health care professionals can have a powerful impact in helping to facilitate the cessation of tobacco products and can enhance cessation rates by 3 to 5 fold above 5% (72).”
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- Not checked yetcites [72] 2002, Cigarette smoking among adults—United States, 2000, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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“With chronic or even acute administration of nicotine, neural adaptations occur to attain homeostasis resulting from the increased activity on the nAChR receptor sites and increased concentration of neurotransmitters. Although some nAChR subtypes are upregulated by chronic nicotine treatment, that is, their numbers increase, receptors also become desensitized or inactivated, one potential mechan”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [13] Piper, 2006, Assessing tobacco dependence: a guide to measure evaluation and selection, Nicotine Tob Res source
- Not checked yetcites [36] Hughes, 1990, Effect of dose on nicotine's reinforcing, withdrawal-suppression and self-reported effects, J Pharmacol Exp Ther
- Not checked yetcites [37] Hughes, 1992, The nicotine withdrawal syndrome: a brief review and update, Int J Smoking Cessation
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“Among tobacco users, withdrawal symptoms, with the exception of weight, peaks during the first week of abstinence and then gradually decreases to baseline levels by two to four weeks (38–40); although more recent studies have found withdrawal to be persistent and elevated for several months after quitting (41, 42).”
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- Not checked yetcites [38] Gilbert, 2002, Mood disturbance fails to resolve across 31 days of cigarette abstinence in women, J Consult Clin Psychol source
- Not checked yetcites [39] Piasecki, 2002, Have we lost our way? The need for dynamic formulations of smoking relapse proneness, Addiction source
- Not checked yetcites [40] Hughes, 1990, Effects of abstinence from tobacco: a critical review
- Not checked yetcites [41] Piasecki, 2003, Smoking withdrawal dynamics: I. Abstinence distress in lapsers and abstainers, J Abnorm Psychol source
- Not checked yetcites [42] Piasecki, 2000, Smoking withdrawal dynamics in unaided quitters, J Abnorm Psychol source
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“In addition to the physiological basis for addiction, there are behavioral or learning factors that sustain addiction. Stimuli in the environment become associated with the positive reinforcing effects of nicotine and withdrawal symptoms. Over time and through associative learning, these stimuli begin to control behavior, such that when a tobacco user is exposed to these stimuli, they evoke cra”
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“Furthermore, co-morbid psychiatric disorders may predispose a smoker to begin or persist in smoking. A population survey found that 41% of individuals with mental illness smoked cigarettes. Those with past-month illness were estimated to consume over 40% of the cigarettes smoked by the sample (64).”
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- Not checked yetcites [64] Breslau, 1991, Nicotine dependence, major depression, and anxiety in young adults, Arch Gen Psychiatry source
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“Symptoms of greater intensity, positive slope and variability have been observed to predict relapse to smoking (45, 46) and symptoms of craving and negative affect were the most likely to be associated with relapse (47, 48).”
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- Not checked yetcites [45] Piasecki, 1998, Profiles in discouragement: two studies of variability in the time course of smoking withdrawal symptoms, J Abnorm Psychol source
- Not checked yetcites [46] McCarthy, 2006, Life before and after quitting smoking: an electronic diary study, J Abnorm Psychol source
- Not checked yetcites [47] Brandon, 1990, Postcessation cigarette use: the process of relapse, Addict Behav source
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“Because the body develops a homeostatic response, upon abstinence from the drug, the smoker experiences withdrawal symptoms. These withdrawal symptoms include negative affect such as irritability, frustration or anger, anxiety, dysphoric or depressed mood, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, decreased heart rate, and increased appetite (5).”
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- Not checked yetcites [5] 1988
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“In the U.S., although more than 70% of smokers want to quit each year and 45% make a quit attempt, less than 5% in the general population are successful (74).”
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- Not checked yetcites [74] Fiore, 1990, Methods used to quit smoking in the United States. Do cessation programs help?, JAMA source
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“To date, the results suggest that there is no evidence to strongly support combining a nicotine and non-nicotine therapy, however, the combination of nicotine patch with an ad libitum form of NRT may confer some benefit (73).”
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- Not checked yetcites [73] Taylor, 2005
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“One study found a combination of bupropion and nicotine patch to be more efficacious that patch only, but not bupropion alone (101).”
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- Not checked yetcites [101] Hall, 2002, Psychological intervention and antidepressant treatment in smoking cessation, Arch Gen Psychiatry source
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“Clonidine, which is α2 adrenergic autoreceptor agonist, decreases noradrenergic activity and firing in the locus ceruleus.”
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- Not checked yetcites [96] Hughes, 2003, A meta-analysis of the efficacy of over-the-counter nicotine replacement, Tob Control source
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“Of the three trials comparing varenicline to bupropion, two had significant effects on long term abstinence and the pooled OR showed a significant effect for varenicline (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.3, 2.2).”
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [103] Wagena, 2005, Efficacy of bupropion and nortriptyline for smoking cessation among people at risk for or with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Arch Intern Med source
- Not checked yetcites [104] Jorenby, 1999, A controlled trial of sustained-release bupropion, a nicotine patch, or both for smoking cessation, N Engl J Med source
- Not checked yetcites [105] Jorenby, 2006, Efficacy of varenicline, an alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist, vs placebo or sustained-release bupropion for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial, JAMA source
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“Although bupropion produced significantly higher cessation rates than nicotine patch in one trial (101), this has not been replicated.”
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- Not checked yetcites [101] Hall, 2002, Psychological intervention and antidepressant treatment in smoking cessation, Arch Gen Psychiatry source
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“In a study by Hall and colleagues, one year continued use of nortriptyline appears to improve continuous abstinence rates over the course of a year compared to 8 weeks of nortriptyline (plus 8 week nicotine patch therapy in both conditions); however, no differences were observed in point prevalence abstinence at one year (113).”
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- Not checked yetcites [113] Prochazka, 2004, A randomized trial of nortriptyline combined with transdermal nicotine for smoking cessation, Arch Intern Med source
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“The continuous abstinence rates from weeks 13 to 24 and weeks 13 to 52 were significantly higher for varenicline compared to placebo but the effect was relatively modest (OR at 52 weeks 1.3; 95% CI 1.1, 1.7)”
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- Not checked yetcites [119] Tonstad, 2006, Effect of maintenance therapy with varenicline on smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial, JAMA source
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“Nortriptyline is a reuptake inhibitor, primarily of noradrenaline but also serotonin.”
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- Not checked yetcites [96] Hughes, 2003, A meta-analysis of the efficacy of over-the-counter nicotine replacement, Tob Control source
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“This drug is varenicline, a potent α4 β2 partial agonist, which provides tobacco withdrawal relief by its agonist action and blocks the reinforcing effects of nicotine by its antagonist action (103, 104).”
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- Not checked yetcites [103] Wagena, 2005, Efficacy of bupropion and nortriptyline for smoking cessation among people at risk for or with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Arch Intern Med source
- Not checked yetcites [104] Jorenby, 1999, A controlled trial of sustained-release bupropion, a nicotine patch, or both for smoking cessation, N Engl J Med source
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“Three trials have directly compared bupropion and nortriptyline (98–100). None showed significant differences and the pooled odds ratio, though favouring bupropion, was non significant (OR 1.4, 95% CI 0.9, 2.3).”
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- Not checked yetcites [98] Stead, 2002, Effectiveness of over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy, JAMA source
- Not checked yetcites [99] Franzon, 2002, Effectiveness of over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy, JAMA source
- Not checked yetcites [100] Fryer, 1999, Noncompetitive functional inhibition at diverse, human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes by bupropion, phencyclidine, and ibogaine, J Pharmacol Exp Ther source
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“The major side effect for varenicline was nausea; about 30% of participants experienced this symptom.”
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- Not checked yetcites [103] Wagena, 2005, Efficacy of bupropion and nortriptyline for smoking cessation among people at risk for or with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Arch Intern Med source
- Not checked yetcites [104] Jorenby, 1999, A controlled trial of sustained-release bupropion, a nicotine patch, or both for smoking cessation, N Engl J Med source
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“In a pooled analysis, significant end-of-treatment effects were observed for 20 mg CB1 antagonist vs. placebo (22.0% vs. 15.0%, p=0.0003) and a significantly reduced weight gain among the non-obese abstainers (0.8 kg vs. 2.5 kg, p < 0.0003; 139).”
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- Not checked yetcites [140]
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“To date, a combination of medications that includes nicotine patch and ad libitum nicotine replacement may improve efficacy over a single NRT in helping heavily dependent smokers quit smoking; however, a combination of nicotine and non-nicotine therapies may not enhance treatment effect.”
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- Not checked yetcites [73] Taylor, 2005
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“One published study (136) showed that the vaccine was safe and well tolerated and, although not intended as a treatment study, the highest dose of the vaccine (200 μg) led to significantly higher 4-week continuous abstinence rates than the other vaccine doses and placebo.”
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- Not checked yetcites [136] Cinciripini PM, Aubin H-J, Dale LC, Niaura R, Anthenelli RM, Stratus Group. Pooled analysis of three short-term, randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trials with Rimonabant 20 mg/day in smoking cessation. 8th annual conference of the Society on Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Europe; Sept 23–26, 2006; Kusadasi, Turkey.
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“The CB1 antagonist reduces the nicotine-induced increase in dopamine turnover in the nucleus acumens and nicotine self-administration in animals (137)”
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- Not checked yetcites [137] Hughes, 2004, Shape of the relapse curve and long-term abstinence among untreated smokers, Addiction source
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“Pharmacogenetics for tobacco addiction is an evolving and relatively new area and therefore, genotyping smokers at this point is premature; however, this area of research is likely to provide valuable data on a potential method for matching patients to treatment.”
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“However, reducers did experience risk reduction in lung cancer risk compared to continuous smokers, but only by 25% (HR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5, 1.0) (130).”
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- Not checked yetcites [130] Godtfredsen, 2005, Effect of smoking reduction on lung cancer risk, JAMA source
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“Smokers who possess the Asp40 variant of the OPRM1 gene, which has been associated with increased binding affinity of beta-endorphins in one study (143) but not others (144, 145), tend to be more likely to be abstinent and more likely to respond to transdermal nicotine during but not after treatment than smokers who are homozygous for Asp40 (146).”
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- Not checked yetcites [146]
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“Using medications to reduce smoking among those smokers not interested in quitting does not deter cessation attempts and may in fact facilitate them; however, cessation should remain the primary end goal.”
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“However, it is clear that effective treatments are available and promising new treatments are being developed.”
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“smokers who possessed a variant of a gene, P450-CYP2B6, which may be associated with a slower metabolism of nicotine, experienced a higher relapse rate compared to smokers without this variant. Bupropion was found to mitigate this effect, but only in women (61).”
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- Not checked yetcites [61] Lasser, 2000, Smoking and mental illness, JAMA source
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“Among smokers who quit without treatment, the percent who can achieve abstinence for at least one week is 25–51% and at least three months is 10–20%. By six months, only 3–5% have achieved prolonged abstinence (150).”
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“A recent study, however, demonstrated an opposite effect in which smokers homozygous for Asp40 showed greater abstinence with the nicotine versus placebo patch and those smokers with the variant showed no differences between the patches (147)”
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- Not checked yetcites [147]
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“Continuing smokers on medications for a prolonged period of time in smokers who are trying to maintain abstinence may be beneficial, but there is no evidence to suggest that all smokers should be given long term treatment.”
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“It is important to keep in mind that nicotine or tobacco addiction should be treated as a chronic disorder.”
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“Other studies have found that smokers with both DRD2 A1 allele, which is associated with reduced number of DRD2 receptors in the corpus striatum (148), and dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) A allele responded significantly better to transdermal nicotine than placebo and smokers with the other genotypes did not (149).”
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- Not checked yetcites [149]
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Comprehensive tobacco control programs can significantly reduce the prevalence of tobacco use.
“Comprehensive tobacco control programs can significantly reduce the prevalence of tobacco use.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Most evidence-based treatments have been from studies conducted in developed countries.
“Although smoking is a global problem and the burden of tobacco-related death and disease has been shouldered by developing countries, most of the evidenced-based treatments have been from studies conducted in developed countries.”
The paper relies on this without support.
These evidence-based treatments may be generalized to developing countries.
“Nonetheless, these treatments may be generalized to developing countries and efforts are underway to develop culturally sensitive interventions that are based on the principles of these evidence-based treatments.”
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The use of medicinal nicotine leads to the reduction in withdrawal symptoms.
“The use of medicinal nicotine leads to the reduction in withdrawal symptoms.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Despite their limitations, the WHO and American Cancer Society prevalence data are the best data available.
“Despite limitations, they are the best data available.”
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Quit rates in the absence of pharmacotherapy depend on motivation, level of dependence, amount of behavioural support, definition of abstinence, and period of follow-up.
“The quit rates that can be expected in the absence of pharmacotherapy will depend on the motivation and level of dependence of the smokers and the amount of behavioural support provided, as well as the definition of abstinence and period of follow-up.”
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The absolute cessation rate with currently available pharmacotherapies remains around 20%.
“Although currently available pharmacotherapies have been shown to improve success rates, the absolute cessation rate remains relatively low—around 20%.”
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“Because the body develops a homeostatic response to nicotine, smokers have withdrawal symptoms on abstinence from the drug [1].”
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“the 31% of smokers we observed in our cohort study, among them a majority of male gender, reflects the proportion of smokers that are usually reported in the general population [1].”
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- Authors
- Hatsukami, D. K., Stead, L. F., & Gupta, P. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Hatsukami, Dorothy K
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-06
- Volume
- 371
- Issue
- 9629
- Pages
- 2027-2038
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC4732578
- OpenAlex
- W2470020720
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- en
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- American Cancer Society
- National Institutes of Health (5p50da013333-10)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (P50- DA013333)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- tobacco dependence, nicotine dependence, smoking cessation, tobacco control, pharmacotherapy, behavioral interventions, relapse, neurobiology of addiction, treatment accessibility, patient matching
- MeSH terms
- Counseling, Female, Humans, Male, Nicotine, Physician's Role, Smoking, Tobacco Use Disorder, Prevalence, Smoking Cessation, Nicotinic Agonists
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