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Male and female patients who smoked were equally likely to receive referrals for smoking cessation counselling or programs, and to be prescribed smoking cessation medications (Table 3).
16 Varenicline has thus become the most frequently prescribed smoking cessation medication after NRT in England.
We will use data from a large sample of patients prescribed smoking cessation treatment in UK general practices.
The difference in the distribution of social deprivation for the study population compared with the overall THIN population might be reflective of the difference between the overall smoking population and the sub-group of people prescribed smoking cessation products.
Using unpublished data from CPRD sampled as part of the research reported in Thomas et al 13 we found that 74% of patients prescribed smoking cessation medication had a subsequent record indicating smoking status.
While smoking tends to be more prevalent among those in groups who work in routine and manual jobs [ 13], there may be a greater willingness for these people to seek out prescribed smoking cessation products if they qualify for free prescriptions.
More employers are testing employees and job applicants for nicotine/cotinine, and a positive result may result in loss of employment or a refusal to hire, even if you are in a medically prescribed smoking cessation program, and even if you are not a smoker but merely live in a smoking household.
When I prescribe smoking cessation aids, my patients purchase them from the very stores that sell their cigarettes.
In fact, doctors who prescribe smoking cessation therapies have strict limits on how long they can continue to provide the patch, gums, etc. E-cigarettes are different.
Path analysis suggested that these beliefs were strongly related to GPs' intentions to prescribe smoking cessation medications.
Beliefs about the effectiveness and concerns about safety had large effects on intentions to prescribe smoking cessation medications.
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