STOP Smoking.Cigarettes Without Nicotine

Mineapolis, scientists create nicotine-free cigarettes are expected to help someone quit smoking. Nicotine-free cigarettes could be avoided votes than tobacco addiction bernikotin very low.

Nicotine-free cigarettes have the same benefits with candy cigarettes instead. Smokers who consume nicotine-free cigarettes and chewing tobacco substitutes fewer withdrawals (sakau) compared with smokers who consume low-nicotine cigarettes.

"Nicotine-free cigarettes and chewing tobacco substitutes better used to help quit smoking cigarettes than low bernikotin," said Dr. Dorothy K Hatsukami of the University of Minnesota Tobacco Use Research Center in Mineapolis, as quoted by Reuters on Monday (15.2.2010 ).


Nicotine-free cigarettes containing 0.05 milligrams of nicotine per cigarette, while the low bernikotin cigarettes containing 0.3 milligrams of nicotine per cigarette rod. In comparison, the actual cigarettes containing nicotine 0,7-1 milligrams per stem.

Hatsukami team compared levels of smoking and cessation of 165 men and women who on average had smoked 15 years. These smokers had tried to quit, but the temptation to return can not be ignored.

The researchers gave 53 people the nicotine-free cigarettes, the 52 low-nicotine cigarettes and the remaining candy cigarette substitute, the experiment was carried out for 6 weeks. The results obtained smokers who consume nicotine-free cigarettes and chewing tobacco substitutes fewer withdrawals (sakau) compared with smokers who consume low-nicotine cigarettes.

Scientists suspect, low nicotine cigarettes are more likely for someone to smoke more to get the compensation amount of nicotine that is missing. Meanwhile, nicotine-free cigarettes did not cause these feelings. The results of this study have been reported in the journal Addiction.

"Although nicotine-free cigarettes looks potentially be used as a tool to help someone quit smoking, but little research is not enough to make a conclusion that an effective nicotine-free cigarettes help people quit smoking," Hatsukami said.

Dibituhkan still more research to determine how effective nicotine-free cigarettes to help someone quit smoking. It is expected that later can become a new therapy for people who want to quit smoking.

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