Abstract
ABSTRACT We report a smoking-cessation treatment program combining bupropion and a short five session cognitive-behavior group therapy in smokers over 2 months. After 8 weeks of treatment, four participants have managed to stop smoking completely. The factors predicting success in treatment in the short term were: (1) high motivation to quit smoking and readiness to change; (2) a supervised gradual increase in medication from one to two tablets a day according to patients' response to medication; (3) a short phase of “harm-reduction” is an important and acceptable phase toward complete cessation of smoking; and (4) assessment and group work on smoking behavior, craving, and high-risk situations.
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