The effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in an Australian population: a study protocol for a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.
Dennis ThomasMichael FarrellHayden McRobbiePiotr TutkaDennis PetrieRobert WestMohammad SiahpushCoral E GartnerNatalie WalkerColin P MendelsohnWayne D HallChristine PaulNicholas ZwarStuart G FergusonVeronica C BolandRobyn RichmondChristopher M DoranAnthony ShakeshaftRichard P MattickRyan J CourtneyPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2019)
If cytisine is as effective as varenicline, its lower cost and natural plant-based composition may make it an acceptable and affordable smoking cessation medication that could save millions of lives world-wide.