Chunk #27 — 3. Results — 3.4 Association of Suicide and the Use of Smoking Cessation Medications — 3.4.2. Epidemiological/Clinical Data — 3.4.2.1. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
vs control group. If anything, suicides appeared to be less common with gum; i.e., 2/3923 or 0.05% in the nicotine gum group vs 5/1964 or 0.25% in the control group (Anthonisen et al. 1994; Leistikow & Shipley 1999). The only other data comes from case reports of intentional overdoses of nicotine replacement therapy or bupropion (Montalto et al. 1994; Ayers & Tobias 2001; Woolf et al. 1996; Engel & Parmentier 1993; Labelle & Boulay 1999). Interestingly, none of these attempts occurred in the context of using the medication to stop smoking. All appeared to be due to a pre-existing psychological or psychiatric problem.
