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Nicotine patches of little use to smokers, study says
Nicotine replacement therapy, including patches and gum, don't seem to help people quit smoking in the long-term, researchers say.
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:06:20 -0800 Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking
Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later Chewing nicotine gum or using nicotine-replacement patches offers no advantage in keeping smokers off cigarettes in the long term, according to scientists. They say that while nicotine-replacement therapies (NRTs) could be useful in the early stages of combatting withdrawal ...
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:39:04 -0800
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