RT Journal
A1 Cupertino A, Wick JA, Richter KP, Mussulman L, Nazir N, Ellerbeck EF
T1 The impact of repeated cycles of pharmacotherapy on smoking cessation: A longitudinal cohort study
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD November 9
VO 169
IS 20
SP 1928
OP 1930
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.355
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.355
AB 
Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy can double quit rates.1 However, smokers often fail after a single quit attempt, and quitting smoking often involves multiple quit attempts over the course of months or years.2- 5 Few studies have tested the impact of providing repeated courses of pharmacotherapy to help smokers recover from relapses and engage in new cessation attempts.6- 11 As part of a study of chronic disease management for smoking cessation, we followed a cohort of smokers that was offered up to 4 courses of pharmacotherapy over 2 years. We examined their continued interest in using pharmacotherapy and the effect of that treatment.