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Although 70% of smokers want to quit, only 4–7% are successful in the long term. Cigarette smoking persists because of both the addictive propensity of nicotine and the low success rates of existing treatments. Smoking cessation outcomes are influenced by both smoking cessation medications and genetic factors which include variations in the enzymes that metabolize nicotine and in nAChR subunit genes that are the primary targets of nicotine and of treatment medications. Identifying subjects with appropriate variants is an essential element in improving smoking cessation outcomes. In this chapter, we highlight recent progress in our understanding of how genetic variants in the pharmacological targets of nicotine and smoking cessation medications could be used to tailor cessation therapy and increase the success rate.
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Li, M.D. (2018). Management, Pharmacotherapies, and Precision Medicine for Smoking Cessation. In: Tobacco Smoking Addiction: Epidemiology, Genetics, Mechanisms, and Treatment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7530-8_19
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