Jasjit S. Ahluwalia|Sally E. McNagny|William S. Clark
Smoking cessation among inner-city African Americans unsing the nicotine transdermal patch
Emory University|Emory University
determine efficacy transdermal nicotine patch smoking cessation innercity african americansdoubleblind placebocontrolled randomized trialoutpatient innercity hospitala computergenerated random numbers table block size set 20 used randomize 410 patients one two study armsthe transdermal nicotine patch 10 weeks adjunct brief counselingof 410 patients randomized mean age 48 years 65 female 41 less high school education 51 annual household income less 8000 average number cigarettes smoked per day 20 quit rates 10 weeks 215 44205 nicotine patch 137 28205 placebo patch p 03 6 months quit rates 171 35205 nicotine patch 117 24205 placebo patch p 08 adjusting baseline differences age educational attainment differences remained significant 10 weeks p 04 significant 6 months p 14 compliance rates return visits 83 78 55 52 1 2 6 10 weeks respectivelythe nicotine patch significantly improves shortterm quit rates innercity african americans interested trying quit smoking efforts made reach underserved populations smoking cessation programs assist maintaining abstinence