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Antidepressants for smoking cessation

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Title
Antidepressants for smoking cessation
Published by
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, January 2007
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000031.pub3
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Authors

Hughes, John R, Stead, Lindsay F, Lancaster, Tim

Abstract

There are at least two theoretical reasons to believe antidepressants might help in smoking cessation. Nicotine withdrawal may produce depressive symptoms or precipitate a major depressive episode and antidepressants may relieve these. Nicotine may have antidepressant effects that maintain smoking, and antidepressants may substitute for this effect. Alternatively, some antidepressants may have a specific effect on neural pathways underlying nicotine addiction, (e.g. blocking nicotine receptors) independent of their antidepressant effects.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Norway 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 175 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 38 21%
Student > Bachelor 29 16%
Other 16 9%
Student > Master 16 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 8%
Other 40 22%
Unknown 30 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 77 42%
Psychology 24 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 5%
Neuroscience 7 4%
Social Sciences 6 3%
Other 23 13%
Unknown 37 20%