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RESEARCH FINDINGS STANDARD TREATMENTS HELP DEPRESSED SMOKERS QUIT
Smoking cessation interventions that are effective in the general
population also help for depressed smokers, suggests a study of
outpatients at four mental health clinics. Dr. Sharon Hall and
colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco; the
University of Rhode Island; and Kaiser Permanente Northern
California found that depressed smokers who were treated with a
combination of motivational counseling, nicotine patches, and
behavioral therapy were more likely than their counterparts who
did not receive the interventions to be smoke-free at 12- and
18-month assessments.
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