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Pharmacotherapy and behavioral support are each effective when used alone, but combining them is more effective. Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioral interventions increased quit rates from a mean of 8.6% with brief advice or usual care to 15.2% in a pooled analysis. • Pharmacotherapy helps reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms (i.e., nicotine replacement therapy [NRT]) and/or minimizes the favorable effects experienced while smoking (i.e., varenicline), while behavioral interventions seek to change learned behaviors associated with smoking.

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