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== Information on Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR), Nicotine, safer alternatives to | == Information on Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR), Nicotine, safer alternatives to using combustible cigarettes == | ||
We aim to provide information for Advocates, PolicyMakers, LawMakers, Interested members of the public (remember you are the 'public' in public health), Scientists and Researchers, Health Workers and Medical Doctors indeed anyone who would like reliable information. Most of the time that links directly to the original science, we aim to provide useful summaries/comment where possible as a guide, we encourage you to read the full paper if you wish. | We aim to provide information for Advocates, PolicyMakers, LawMakers, Interested members of the public (remember you are the 'public' in public health), Scientists and Researchers, Health Workers and Medical Doctors indeed anyone who would like reliable information. Most of the time that links directly to the original science, we aim to provide useful summaries/comment where possible as a guide, we encourage you to read the full paper if you wish. | ||
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'''[[Special:MyLanguage/Quit Aid|Quit Aid]]''' | '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Quit Aid|Quit Aid]]''' | ||
The most frequently-used method to quit | The most frequently-used method to quit tobacco is 'cold turkey', i.e. unaided, but this has a greater failure rate than perhaps all others. It is very difficult to attribute a precise figure towards popular quit methods such as [[Special:MyLanguage/NRT|NRT]], [[Special:MyLanguage/Varenicline|Varenicline]] (various trade names), Allen Carr, hypnotherapy, [[Special:MyLanguage/snus|snus]] etc., as the usual medical standard of proof, the [[wikipedia:Randomized controlled trial| Randomised Controlled Trial]], doesn't really cover certain options such as [[Special:MyLanguage/e-cigarettes|e-cigarettes]] adequately (as choices of all various combinations of flavour choice, nicotine strength, and device type are impossible to include). However, [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1808779 a recent RCT] demonstrated that e-cigarettes were twice as effective as NRT for cessation (probably an underestimate of real world results). Like who knew the [[Special:MyLanguage/Pez dispenser|Pez dispenser]] was a quit aid? | ||
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'''[[Special:MyLanguage/Health Improvements|Health Improvements]]''' | '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Health Improvements|Health Improvements]]''' | ||
Virtually everyone who used a safer nicotine product to quit | Virtually everyone who used a safer nicotine product to quit cigerettes completely experiences profound improvement in their health, e.g. improved breathing and cardiovascular benefits. This is possibly due to totally removing the previous inhalation of carbon monoxide from the tobacco cigarette. [[Special:MyLanguage/Asthma|Asthma]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Copd|COPD]] patients have shown great recovery, see [[Special:MyLanguage/Health Improvements|Health Improvements]] | ||
'''[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Nicotine_/_THR_-_Statements_from_Organizations Commentary from respected sources]''' | '''[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Nicotine_/_THR_-_Statements_from_Organizations Commentary from respected sources]''' | ||