131. Treatment Recommendations: Medications
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Nicotine Gum
Recommendation: Nicotine gum is an effective smoking cessation treatment that patients should be encouraged to use. (Strength of Evidence = A).
Recommendation: Clinicians should offer 4 mg rather than 2 mg nicotine gum to highly dependent smokers. (Strength of Evidence = B).