Nicotine patch preloading for smoking cessation (the preloading trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Nicotine patch preloading for smoking cessation (the preloading trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND The use of nicotine replacement therapy before quitting smoking is called nicotine preloading. Standard smoking cessation protocols suggest commencing nicotine replacement therapy only on the first day of quitting smoking (quit day) aiming to reduce withdrawal symptoms and craving. However, other, more successful smoking cessation pharmacotherapies are used prior to the quit day as w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trials
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-296