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Medical Areas: Psychiatry/Psychology
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medical journal articles, and medical conference presentations.
Company: Sano
Approval Status: Approved October 1997
Treatment Area: smoking cessation
Sano's generic transdermal nicotine patch, the equivalent of
Novartis' Habitrol, has been approved for marketing.
Health risks from smoking cigarettes are widely recognized.
Although most smokers say they would like to quit, more than 50
million Americans continue to smoke. A 1990 Journal of the National
Cancer Institute study found that nearly 90% of smokers have
attempted to quit at some point, but fewer than 10 percent achieve
long-term success.
