Naotaka Izuo, Hajime Miyanishi, Daisuke Nishizawa, Takuma Fujii, Junko Hasegawa, Naomi Sato, Fumihiko Tanioka, Haruhiko Sugimura, Kazutaka Ikeda, Atsumi Nitta
AIMS: Cigarette smoking is a preventable risk factor for various diseases such as cancer, ischemic stroke, cardiac stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Smoking cessation is of great importance not only for individual smokers but also for social health. Regarding current cessation therapies, the effectiveness of nicotine replacement is limited, and the cost of varenicline medication is considerable. Thus, a method for screening smokers who are responsive to cessation therapy based on the therapeutic effectiveness is required...
September 5, 2023: Neuropsychopharmacology Reports