Introduction
precessation smoking reduction
Adaptive treatment, ie, assessing the patient’s response to an initial medication and then modifying the medication regimen based on the patient’s response, is a common medical practice.Regarding extended precessation pharmacotherapy, trials have now shown that 4, 6, and 12 weeks of precessation varenicline all show higher smoking abstinence rates than 1 week of precessation varenicline.Regarding assessment of response to precessation pharmacotherapy, studies have shown that precessation smoking reduction was associated with postcessation smoking abstinence when smokers used precessation varenicline or nicotine patches.Regarding adapting of medication regimens for nonresponders, a 2013 study