Prescription of transdermal nicotine patches for smoking cessation in general practice: evaluation of cost-effectiveness.

Background: The 1998 UK government White Paper Smoking Kills emphasises that normal practice should be for general practitioners (GPs), practice nurses, and others to offer advice and support to smokers in their efforts to stop. However, GPs are not allowed to write NHS prescriptions for nicotine-re...

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Published in:Lancet Vol. 354; no. 9174; pp. 210 - 216
Main Authors: Stapleton JA, Lowin A, Russell MAH, Stapleton, J A, Lowin, A, Russell, M A
Format: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Lancet 7/17/1999
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