Why the study?
Does a stepped-care approach to smoking cessation improve point-prevalent abstinence in cigarette smokers hospitalized with CAD?
Does a stepped-care approach to smoking cessation improve point-prevalent abstinence in cigarette smokers hospitalized with CAD?
A stepped-care approach to smoking cessation (counseling and nicotine patch) improves short-term but not long-term abstinence in patients hospitalized with CAD.
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Stepped-care yields only transient cessation benefits in hospitalized CAD patients; challenges assumptions of durable effect and extends calls for adjunctive long-term strategies.
Reid et al. (2003) studied this question.
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