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Nicotine patches

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Smoking is the commonest cause of preventable death in the UK1 but is notoriously difficult to give up.2 Nicotine skin patches are heavily promoted as an aid to nicotine withdrawal for people who want to stop smoking and can be bought from pharmacies without a prescription. How effective are they in helping smokers withdraw?

https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.31.24.95

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