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By contactus
January 17, 2012
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Nicotine Patches and Gum Found Ineffective Over the Long Term

A study in the journal Tobacco Control casting doubt on the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy has garnered widespread media attention.

Over several years, researchers followed some 800 smokers after they quit. By 2 years, relapse rates were the same among people who had and had not used nicotine replacement (with or without counseling), according to news reports. At 4 years, two thirds of participants were smoking again.

The therapies were the centerpiece of a state-sponsored program to encourage quitting in Massachusetts, but, according to a study coauthor quoted in the Boston Globe, "what we found is that they have absolutely no effect." The New York Times quotes another of the study's authors as observing that "what happens in the real world is very different" from what happens in clinical trials.

For those of you who have known me a long time.  I have always said that chemicals do not solve problems.  Whether it is chemicals to reduce your appetite or chemical substitutes to stop smoking, it doesn't make a difference.  The only way to be successful is to do it naturally!  But they will come out with more chemicals and more products which will become popular for a while and make these companies billions of dollars only to find that they don't work and/or cause other health issues.  

 

 

 

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