Pharmacotherapy is important in smoking cessation because quit-smoking medications promote long-term abstinence by easing tobacco withdrawal symptoms and blocking nicotines positive reinforcing effects without producing significant adverse side effects, according to a 2023 article by Pajai et al., published in the journal Cureus , titled Pharmacotherapy in Tobacco Cessation: A Narrative Review . Additionally, medications like varenicline disrupt the neurobiological pathways implicated in tobacco addiction and have been found to be effective even in patients who are unwilling to quit, according to a 2022 article by Gaddey et al., published in the journal American Family Physician , titled Smoking Cessation Interventions .
Health Effects of Tobacco and Cigarette Smoke The health effects of tobacco use are documented by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and public health institutions globally
These complications can lead to easy bruising, internal bleeding, a hole in the wall of the intestine (intestinal perforation), or stroke
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