Successful use of nicotine replacement therapy to quit e-cigarettes: lack of treatment protocol highlights need for guidelines

Barbara Silver; Carol Ripley-Moffitt; Jennifer Greyber; Adam O Goldstein

doi:10.1002/ccr3.477

Successful use of nicotine replacement therapy to quit e-cigarettes: lack of treatment protocol highlights need for guidelines

Clin Case Rep. 2016 Mar 11;4(4):409-11. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.477. eCollection 2016 Apr.

Authors

Barbara Silver¹, Carol Ripley-Moffitt¹, Jennifer Greyber¹, Adam O Goldstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina.

Abstract

Although use of electronic nicotine delivery system devices, such as e-cigarettes and vapor pens, is on the rise, no treatment protocols exist to help such users quit. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient in a tobacco treatment program who successfully quit e-cigarette use by using nicotine replacement therapy.

Keywords: Cessation; e‐cigarettes; nicotine replacement therapy; smoking; vape.

Publication types

Case Reports