Ferramentas farmacológicas para o tratamento do tabagismo

Abstract

Although epidemiological data show a significant decrease in the number of smokers, especially in Brazil, smoking is still a public health problem of difficult therapeutic control in the clinic. Even with support and encouragement, a large number of smokers find it difficult to kick the habit. There are efforts at the global level, I promote reducing smoking by use of multiple strategies, given the serious health consequences and risk factors that smoking plays for various diseases. Among the contemporary interventions, we highlight the use of drugs to promote smoking cessation, continued maintenance of abstinence, preventing relapse, reduction of withdrawal symptoms resulting from the elimination of smoking and decreased pleasure associated with smoking. This study was proposed in order to review and analyze the therapeutic options for smoking cessation, including pharmacological interventions for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and not nicotinic drugs.