Nicotine replacement may be "essential" for depressed male quitters -- study.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NICOTINE REPLACEMENT MAY BE "ESSENTIAL" FOR DEPRESSED MALE SMOKERS who are trying to quit smoking, Paul Cinciripini, PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, said at a June 21 National Cancer Institute/American Society of Clinical Oncology symposium on tobacco addiction in Bethesda, Md. According to findings from his recently-completed study of smoking cessation, "long-term abstention is unlikely" among male smokers with depression without use of the nicotine patch, Cinciripini said.
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