In Australia and New Zealand, population groups who experience social disadvantage smoke at much higher rates than the general population. As there are limited data specific to these groups regarding the success of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation, this commentary will provide an overview of the relevant international literature supplemented with observational data relevant to the policy contexts in Australia and New Zealand.
History
Journal title
Drug and Alcohol Review
Volume
35
Issue
6
Pagination
785-789
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Language
en, English
College/Research Centre
Faculty of Health and Medicine
School
School of Medicine and Public Health
Rights statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Paul, C., Wolfenden, L., Tzelepis, F., Yoong, S., Bowman, J., Wye, P., Sherwood, E., Rose, S., and Wiggers, J. (2016) Nicotine replacement therapy as a smoking cessation aid among disadvantaged smokers: What answers do we need?. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35: 785–789, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12362. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.