Combination Extended Smoking Cessation Treatment Plus Home Visits for Smokers With Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Conclusion:
COMB-EXT improves outcomes for smokers with schizophrenia. HV appeared to provide additional benefit for smoking cessation in this treatment-resistant population.

Implications:
The clear benefit found here of rapidly initiated, combination, extended treatment over TAU suggests that aggressive and extended treatment should be considered in clinical practice for smokers with schizophrenia. Furthermore, HV to address SHS exposure showed initial promise for assisting smokers with schizophrenia in maintaining abstinence, indicating that this intervention may be worthy of future research.

Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - December 14, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Brody, A. L., Zorick, T., Hubert, R., Hellemann, G. S., Balali, S., Kawasaki, S. S., Garcia, L. Y., Enoki, R., Abraham, P., Young, P., McCreary, C. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research