Effect of Postal-Mailed Nicotine Patches on Tobacco Cessation Among Smokers in Rural Canada: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Mené au Canada sur 1 255 personnes, cet essai randomisé évalue l'association entre la réception par courrier de patchs de nicotine gratuits et la réussite du sevrage tabagique en fonction de la zone d'habitation (rurale ou urbaine)
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has been found to promote tobacco cessation in multiple trials.1,2 A secondary analysis3 of a trial4 examining the efficacy of mailed nicotine patches with tobacco cessation indicated that the intervention might have a larger impact in rural regions than in urban areas (odds ratio [OR], 9.59 vs 2.16). The current randomized clinical trial recruited participants from rural regions with the hypothesis that those receiving the NRT package would display substantially greater quit rates (ie, 30-day abstinence) at 6-month follow-up compared with those not offered the package.
JAMA Network Open , article en libre accès, 2022