AHCPR guidelines urge nicotine replacement therapy for "all" healthy smokers.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
AHCPR SMOKING CESSATION GUIDELINES URGE NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY for "all patients planning a quit attempt" unless there is "a clear medical contraindication," according to a consensus statement on the guideline in the April 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Released April 23, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research clinical practice guidelines recommend that doctors "encourage nicotine replacement therapy except in special circumstances."
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