Smoking cessation 1: Choosing the right pharmacotherapy for each patient

Abstract

Most smokers want to stop smoking and intend to stop at some point, according to cross-sectional studies. Nearly half of all smokers expect not to be smoking in a year's time, but only two to three in every hundred actually stop smoking permanently each year. It is widely recognised that healthcare professionals have an important role to play in helping patients to stop smoking, but what is the best way to achieve this?