Smoking cessation
Etiology of smoking
Tobacco smoking as self-medication
Treatment
Counseling
Recording smoking status as a vital sign increases the frequency of brief advice to patients by physicians.[1]
Demonstration of damage to lungs
In general, informing patients of their lung function as measured by spirometry does not increase smoking cession according to a systematic review by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).[2] However, in a more recent randomized controlled trial, patients in the group who were informed of their 'lung age' were more likely to stop smoking.[3] However, in this trial, "People with worse spirometric lung age were no more likely to have quit than those with normal lung age in either group".[3]
Medications
Rimonabant
Rimonabant, a selective type 1 cannabinoid (CB1) receptor antagonist, improves smoking cessation and moderate weight gain associated with smoking cessation according to a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by the Cochrane Collaboration.[4] However, "there is current concern (August 2007) over rates of depression and suicidal thoughts in people taking rimonabant for weight control."[4]
References
- ↑ Rothemich SF, Woolf SH, Johnson RE, et al (2008). "Effect on cessation counseling of documenting smoking status as a routine vital sign: an ACORN study". Ann Fam Med 6 (1): 60-8. DOI:10.1370/afm.750. PMID 18195316. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Lin K, Watkins B, Johnson T, Rodriguez JA, Barton MB (2008). "Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force". Ann. Intern. Med.. PMID 18316746. [e]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parkes G, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Dent R (2008). "Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step2quit randomised controlled trial". BMJ. DOI:10.1136/bmj.39503.582396.25. PMID 18326503. Research Blogging.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cahill K, Ussher M (2007). "Cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant) for smoking cessation". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4): CD005353. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD005353.pub3. PMID 17943852. Research Blogging.