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Front Med    2014, Vol. 8 Issue (1) : 84-90    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-014-0311-9
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nicotine gum or patch treatment for smoking cessation and smoking reduction: a multi-centre study in Chinese physicians
Dan Xiao1,2,3, Nanshan Zhong4, Chunxue Bai5, Qingyu Xiu6, Canmao Xie7, Dayi Hu8, Yun Mao9, Roland Perfekt10, Elisabeth Kruse10, Qing Li11, John Jiangnan Liu9, Chen Wang1,2,3,12()
1. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco or Health, Beijing 100020, China; 2. Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing 100020, China; 3. Department of Respiratory, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; 4. Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 520120, China; 5. Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 6. Changzheng Hospital, 2nd Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China; 7. 1st Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; 8. People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China; 9. Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Shanghai 200245, China; 10. McNeil AB, Helsingborg, Sweden; 11. Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey, USA; 12. Research Centre of Respiratory Medicine in Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100730, China
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Abstract

In China, around 23% of physicians (41% male, 3% female) currently smoke. Pharmacotherapy for tobacco dependence is available, but is not widely used in China. The purpose of this study was to estimate the effectiveness and the safety on smoking cessation of nicotine gum and nicotine patch in Chinese healthcare professionals. Three hundred regular smokers motivated to quit were recruited from six hospitals in China. All subjects were accepted nicotine replacement therapy, and they could choose nicotine gum (2 mg or 4 mg, depending on baseline smoking level) or nicotine patch (15 mg/16 h) for 12 weeks, with a 12-week follow-up. Limited behavioural support was provided. At Week 24, the 2--24 weeks continuous abstinence rate (verified by expired carbon monoxide) was 17%, the point prevalence abstinence rate (no smoking since the previous visit) was 35%, and 38% of subjects had continuously reduced their daily cigarette consumption by at least 50% versus baseline. Compliance with treatment was good, particularly with patch. No serious adverse event was reported, and most adverse events were mild or moderate. The most common treatment-related adverse events were gastro-intestinal (both gum and patch) and local irritation symptoms. Nicotine patch and gum were well tolerated in Chinese smokers. Abstinence rates were comparable to those previously reported with nicotine replacement therapy, and many smokers who did not quit substantially reduced their cigarette consumption.

Keywords nicotine replacement therapy      smoking cessation      Chinese physicians     
Corresponding Author(s): Wang Chen,Email:cyh-birm@263.net   
Issue Date: 26 April 2014
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Dan Xiao,Chunxue Bai,Qingyu Xiu, et al. Nicotine gum or patch treatment for smoking cessation and smoking reduction: a multi-centre study in Chinese physicians[J]. Front Med, 2014, 8(1): 84-90.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fmd/EN/Y2014/V8/I1/84
ParameterNicotine gum 2 mg(n = 86)Nicotine gum 4 mg (n = 64)Nicotine patch (n = 150)Total (n = 300)
Age (years)a40.6±10.240.3±10.041.7±11.641.1±10.9
Gender (male/female)86 / 062 / 2149 / 1297 / 3
Body mass index (kg/m2)a24.7±2.624.2±2.724.4±3.124.4±2.9
No of cigarettes smoked per daya16.5±4.429.4±8.020.2±9.721.1±9.3
Expired CO level (ppm)a17.5±8.528.0±12.420.6±11.021.3±11.3
Fagerstr?m Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) scorea3.5±2.06.5±2.34.4±2.54.6±2.6
Age when started smoking (years)a22.2±6.621.1±5.921.8±5.521.8±5.9
Number of previous quit attempts:
None58%39%46%48%
123%30%29%28%
2–516%27%17%19%
6–102%05%3%
>1005%3%3%
Previously used NRT or other stop-smoking medication(s):
No97%98%99%98%
Yes3%2%1%2%
Tab.1  Baseline demographics and smoking history for all subjects enrolled
Fig.1  Continuous CO-verified abstinence from smoking from Week 2 onwards (all subjects).
Fig.2  Point prevalence abstinence (subjects abstinent since the previous visit or telephone call).
Fig.3  Continuous CO-verified reduction in daily cigarette smoking by≥50% between baseline and Week 24 (continuous abstainers excluded).
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