The use of pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation during pregnancy

Studies testing more intensive counselling-more time and more occasions-have not generally achieved larger effects. [...]it is unlikely that additional behavioural interventions used alone will achieve a substantial increase in cessation in pregnant smokers. [...]pregnancy itself is a powerful motiv...

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Published in:Tobacco control 2000-09, Vol.9 (suppl 3), p.iii91-94
Main Authors: Benowitz, Neal L, Dempsey, Delia A, Goldenberg, Robert L, Hughes, John R, Dolan-Mullen, Patricia, Ogburn, Paul L, Oncken, Cheryl, Orleans, C Tracy, Slotkin, Theodore A, Whiteside, H Pennington, Yaffe, Sumner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antidepressants
Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
Apoptosis
Bupropion - therapeutic use
Cadmium
Carbon monoxide
Cell death
Childrens health
Cigarettes
Colleges & universities
Counseling
Disease control
Disease prevention
Drug abuse
Drug dosages
Drug therapy
Education
Female
Fetuses
Gynecology
Health Promotion
Heart rate
Humans
Hypoxia
Inhalers
Maternal & child health
Nervous system
Nicotine
Nortriptyline - therapeutic use
Obstetrics
Pharmaceutical industry
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care
Publishing
Smoking - drug therapy
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco
Toxicity
Toxins
Treatment Outcome
Womens health
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Summary:Studies testing more intensive counselling-more time and more occasions-have not generally achieved larger effects. [...]it is unlikely that additional behavioural interventions used alone will achieve a substantial increase in cessation in pregnant smokers. [...]pregnancy itself is a powerful motivator for cessation, with a substantial number of women quitting spontaneously or with behavioural therapy.
ISSN:0964-4563
1468-3318
DOI:10.1136/tc.9.suppl_3.iii91