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A new review, which included more than 300 prior studies, has identified the three most effective tools to quit smoking. The most effective smoking cessation tools include the medication ...
A 2014 practice guideline by NPS MedicineWise states, "While use of e-cigarettes may be safer than smoking tobacco, so far there is limited evidence to support their effectiveness as aids in smoking cessation. There are also safety issues to consider and the long-term effects are unknown."
According to a 2021 CTAG overview, behavioral therapy for smoking cessation may increase quit rates at 6 months or longer. This benefit was evident with or without smoking cessation medications ...
A systemic review and meta-analysis paper reviewed numerous studies that included randomized control trials (RCTs) and showed that using electronic cigarettes reduces smoking cessation. In other words, people that use e-cigarettes to quit smoking have a lower chance of quitting than those people that do not use e-cigarettes. [41]
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a medically approved way to treat people with tobacco use disorder by taking nicotine through means other than tobacco. [ 6 ] It is used to help with quitting smoking or stopping chewing tobacco. [ 1 ][ 7 ] It increases the chance of quitting tobacco smoking by about 55%. [ 8 ]
Nicotine replacement therapies such as nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers and nasal spray “have also shown great efficacy” in helping people quit, says Vijayaraghavan. What’s more ...
Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a public health strategy to lower the health risks to individuals and wider society associated with using tobacco products. It is an example of the concept of harm reduction, a strategy for dealing with the use of drugs. Tobacco smoking is widely acknowledged as a leading cause of illness and death, [1] and ...
You're Not the Only One. A man using a disposable vape on Jan. 29, 2024. Credit - Jacob King/PA Images—Getty Images. Y ears ago, Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist at McGill University in Canada ...