Myth: Alternative nicotine products don't help people stop smoking: Difference between revisions
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='''Combining Alternative Nicotine Products With Other Quit Smoking Strategies'''= | ='''Combining Alternative Nicotine Products With Other Quit Smoking Strategies'''= | ||
===2023: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-023-06401-y Smoking reduction using electronic nicotine delivery systems in combination with nicotine skin patches]=== | ===2023: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-023-06401-y Smoking reduction using electronic nicotine delivery systems in combination with nicotine skin patches]=== | ||
* | *A critically important design component of this study was that it was not a smoking cessation treatment study, and hence smoking abstinence was not the primary outcome. Accordingly, no smoking cessation counseling was provided and smokers who expressed a desire to receive treatment for nicotine dependence were excluded from the study. Thus, the study was not expected to lead to high smoking abstinence rates but was instead designed to differentiate the pharmacologic impact of nicotine vs. no nicotine (in ENDS or patch) on smoking behavior. | ||
*...there was a strong correlation between ENDS use and decrease in self-reported cigarette consumption in week 8 (end of treatment), but only in nicotine ENDS condition... | |||
*Smoking abstinence at week 8 was also related to ENDS use in the nicotine ENDS condition only; participants who were abstinent from smoking used more nicotine pods than non-abstinent participants | |||
* | *The main finding of this study was that the use of nicotine vs. no nicotine in ENDS was associated with a large and statistically significant reduction in expired air CO, an objective biomarker of smoking. | ||
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===2023: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16294 E-cigarette support for smoking cessation: Identifying the effectiveness of intervention components in an on-line randomized optimization experiment]=== | |||
===2023: [E-cigarette support for smoking cessation: Identifying the effectiveness of intervention components in an on-line randomized optimization experiment]=== | |||
*Text-message support with tailored advice on flavour is a promising intervention combination for smokers using an e-cigarette in a quit attempt. | *Text-message support with tailored advice on flavour is a promising intervention combination for smokers using an e-cigarette in a quit attempt. | ||
*Article: [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/16/smokers-who-get-e-cigarette-flavour-advice-more-likely-to-quit-report-finds Smokers who get e-cigarette flavour advice more likely to quit, report finds] | *Article: [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/16/smokers-who-get-e-cigarette-flavour-advice-more-likely-to-quit-report-finds Smokers who get e-cigarette flavour advice more likely to quit, report finds] |