%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy on short-term smoking abstinence when delivered at a community pharmacy
%A James Cameron
%A Jay Doshi
%A Lynne Dawkins
%J Archive of "Addictive Behaviors Reports".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100202
%X E-cigarettes (EC) are now the most popular quit aid in England but their effectiveness for cessation if offered at a pharmacy has not been tested. Here we test the effectiveness of offering an e-cigarette with and without nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) on 4¨C6-week quit rates in adult smokers seeking support from a community pharmacy. A between subject, six-week, prospective, cohort design. 115 smokers (female£¿=£¿74; M age£¿=£¿46.37, SD£¿=£¿13.56) chose either an EC, EC£¿+£¿NRT or NRT alone, alongside standard behavioural support. Smokers opting for an EC alone or an EC£¿+£¿NRT were more likely to report complete abstinence from smoking at 4¨C6£¿weeks (62.2% and 61.5% respectively) compared to NRT alone (34.8%). An EC intervention was significantly more effective for smoking cessation than NRT in this community pharmacy. The results for e-cigarettes appear positive but with the caveat that participants chose their own products which may have introduced bias
%K E-cigarettes
%K Smoking cessation
%K Pharmacy
%K Nicotine replacement therapy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626064/