Nicotine gum and patches

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Nicotine gum and patches do not help to quit smoking, even if you combine them with prophylactic conversations, studies have shown the Harvard Institute for Health and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Nikotinozamenyayuschie tools, including patches and gum do not show the desired effect to achieve long-term smoking cessation, even in conjunction with professional advice from a specialist, it follows from the investigation, RIA Novosti reported. "We have shown that the use of nikotinozameniteley in the long run does not exceed its performance independent cessation of smoking without the use of such means," - said the study's lead author Hillel Alpert. The study involved 787 adult smokers who have recently given up his habit. Participants questioned the effectiveness of the applied: nicotine chewing gum, sprays, inhalers and patches. According to the survey, almost one third of the participants started smoking again. Thus, the benefits of nikotinozameniteley, according to scientists, are questionable. In addition, the difference between the group who refused to smoke with nikotinozameniteley and other smoking cessation programs, and the group that used only nikotinozameniteli, scientists had not been seen, as well as between the inveterate smokers and nezayadlymi, dared to abandon the habit of using nikotinozameniteley.

"This study shows that the Office of the Food and Drug Administration is carrying out supervision of medicinal products, which should help get rid of smoking and tobacco products themselves, it is necessary to approve only those funds that demonstrate its effectiveness in the long run," - said the center's director Control of tobacco products at the Harvard School of Public Health Gregory Connolly.