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. 2018 Jun 13;361:k2164. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2164

Table 2.

Drugs used to support smoking cessation among those who made a quit attempt. Values are numbers (percentages)

Treatments Control arm (n=738) Preloading arm (n=742) Total (n=1480)
None 87 (11.8) 61 (8.2) 148 (10.0)
Varenicline 218 (29.5) 164 (22.1) 382 (25.8)
Bupropion 6 (0.8) 12 (1.6) 18 (1.2)
Nicotine patches only 99 (13.4) 169 (22.8) 268 (18.1)
Acute nicotine only 74 (10) 44 (5.9) 118 (8.0)
Combined nicotine 156 (21.1) 170 (22.9) 326 (22.0)
Missing 113 (15.3) 135 (18.2) 248 (16.8)

Percentages add to more than 100% because some people used multiple drugs.