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Table 2 Initial NRT (all products during first NRT episode) of study population, according to year of identification

From: General practitioner prescribing of single and combination nicotine replacement therapy in the UK: a retrospective database study

Initial NRT

Study period (2008–2011)

2008

2009

2010

2011

 

N=

38,954

N=

10,632

N=

10,501

N=

9,337

N=

8,484

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Patch only

25,046

64.30

7,895

74.26

6,940

66.09

5,530

59.23

4,681

55.17

Patch and gum

2,136

5.48

528

4.97

617

5.88

526

5.63

465

5.48

Patch and tablet

411

1.06

108

1.02

107

1.02

124

1.33

72

0.85

Patch and inhalator

7,822

20.08

1,522

14.32

2,103

20.03

2,252

24.12

1,945

22.93

Patch and lozenge

1,593

4.09

298

2.80

360

3.43

451

4.83

484

5.70

Patch and oral spray

270

0.69

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

270

3.18

Patch and nasal spray

129

0.33

35

0.33

25

0.24

33

0.35

36

0.42

≥ 3 types of NRT

1,547

3.97

246

2.31

349

3.32

421

4.51

531

6.26