Effectiveness of topiramate for tobacco dependence in patients with depression; a randomised, controlled trial.

Background: Tobacco dependence management is a multi-component intervention that includes pharmacological treatments such as Nicotine Substitution Therapy (NST) or bupropion, and psychological therapy. There are some preliminary reports on topiramate efficacy for tobacco dependence. The aim of this study is to determine whether topiramate is as effective as the standard NST treatment for tobacco cessation at 1-year follow-up in patients with depression.

[Assessment of behavioral dependence with the Glover-Nilsson test in smoking cessation treatment].

Objective: To assess behavioral dependence using the Glover-Nilsson test and determine its association with successful smoking cessation.

Material And Methods: An analytical longitudinal study was carried out, the target population of which consisted of smokers who enrolled in a smoking cessation clinic for treatment. The following variables were examined: age, sex, nicotine dependence (Fagerström test), psychoactive drug use, prior attempts at quitting, and behavioral dependence measured with the Glover-Nilsson test.

[Results of a comprehensive workplace program for the prevention and treatment of smoking addiction].

Objectives: To assess a comprehensive smoking prevention and treatment program in an electrical appliances company with 1600 employees.

Material And Methods: The program included smoking restrictions with the designation of smoking areas and the offer of smoking cessation treatment for the smokers affected. Study variables were age, sex, nicotine dependence (Fagerström Test), carbon monoxide in expired air, adherence to therapy, and smoking abstinence at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months (end of treatment), and 6 months.

[Predictors of success at 6-month follow-up for smokers treated at a smoking cessation clinic].

Objective: To identify the predictors of successful outcome in a smoking cessation program at 6-month follow-up.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study of a sample of smokers who attended a smoking cessation clinic for combined medical and cognitive-behavioral group therapy. The independent variables assessed included age, sex, level of education, nicotine dependence (Fagerström test), prior attempts to quit smoking, medication prescribed, compliance with group therapy regimen, and success at one week and 3 months.

[Evaluation of the influence of medical education on the smoking attitudes of future doctors].

Objective: To evaluate whether medical education influences the prevalence, awareness of, and attitudes to smoking of medical students in the first 3 years of their degree.

Material And Methods: In this descriptive longitudinal questionnaire-based study of university students, data for medical and veterinary students in their first 3 years were compared.

Results: Of the 226 registered first-year medical students, 181 (80%) returned the questionnaire.