VLN Cigarette: Difference between revisions

2021 A Mixed Record
(2015 Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes)
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===2021: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33383351/ "I actually finally feel like the cigarettes aren't controlling me." - Interviews with participants smoking very low nicotine content cigarettes during a residential study]===
===2021: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33383351/ "I actually finally feel like the cigarettes aren't controlling me." - Interviews with participants smoking very low nicotine content cigarettes during a residential study]===
*Several participants expected, prior to trying VLNC cigarettes, to compensate for the reduced nicotine levels by smoking more cigarettes but were surprised when they did not increase their smoking. A subset of participants reported experiencing minor withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability and fatigue. Several participants reported feeling less dependent after exclusively smoking VLNC cigarettes. Most participants said they would smoke VLNC cigarettes if they were the only cigarettes available to purchase. Some also said that smoking VLNC cigarettes could help people taper down or quit smoking.
*Several participants expected, prior to trying VLNC cigarettes, to compensate for the reduced nicotine levels by smoking more cigarettes but were surprised when they did not increase their smoking. A subset of participants reported experiencing minor withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability and fatigue. Several participants reported feeling less dependent after exclusively smoking VLNC cigarettes. Most participants said they would smoke VLNC cigarettes if they were the only cigarettes available to purchase. Some also said that smoking VLNC cigarettes could help people taper down or quit smoking.




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===2015: [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1502403 Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes]===
===2015: [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1502403 Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes]===
*In this 6-week study, reduced-nicotine cigarettes versus standard-nicotine cigarettes reduced nicotine exposure and dependence and the number of cigarettes smoked.
*In this 6-week study, reduced-nicotine cigarettes versus standard-nicotine cigarettes reduced nicotine exposure and dependence and the number of cigarettes smoked.


===2013: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23603206/ Reduced nicotine content cigarettes and nicotine patch]===
===2013: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23603206/ Reduced nicotine content cigarettes and nicotine patch]===
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===2021: [https://filtermag.org/new-zealand-smokefree-prohibition/ Desperate to Win the Smokefree Race, New Zealand Resorts to Prohibition]===
===2021: [https://filtermag.org/new-zealand-smokefree-prohibition/ Desperate to Win the Smokefree Race, New Zealand Resorts to Prohibition]===
===2021: [https://tobaccoreporter.com/2021/02/01/a-mixed-record/ A Mixed Record]===