Cochrane review summary: Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy.

This article explores whether any smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline and bupropion when used to support smoking cessation in pregnancy. This is a summary of a Cochrane review containing six randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Adherence reported from five studies was generally low as most participants did not complete the course of NRT. Four trials reported non-serious side effects. Of these, one study reported that 25% of women in the NRT group experienced minor symptoms, and two women discontinued treatment, but the study did not monitor symptoms in the control group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)