Personalized Approach to Smoking Cessation May Be Reality in Three to Five Years
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A personalized approach to smoking cessation therapy is quickly taking shape. New evidence from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that combining information about a smoker's genetic makeup with his or her smoking habits can accurately predict which nicotine replacement therapy will work best.