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read moreCigarette study finds little help from nicotine patches
William Atkins
Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:37
A January 2012 published study from the United States shows that nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs), such as nicotine patches, are no better than "going cold turkey" at preventing the relapse back to smoking after quitting.
The title of the study is 'A prospective cohort study challenging the effectiveness of population-based medical intervention for smoking cessation'
And, the study is authored by Hillel R. Alpert and Gregory N. Connolly (both from the Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard School of Public Health) and Lois Biener (Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts).
The objective of the study by these three researchers was to determine the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTS) - what is commonly called nicotine patches and other such smoking cessation devices such as gum, inhalers, and nasal sprays.
The NRTs were used, within this study, either with or without professional smoking cessation counselors.
The study used 787 adult smokers from the state of Massachusetts who had quit smoking cigarettes within the past two years.
The Massachusetts researchers found that nearly 1 out of 3 participants had relapsed with the use of NRTs.
And, they also found that the chances of relapsing were 'unaffected' by whether the participants used professional counseling or not.
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