Sunday, 2 September 2007

Nicotine Replacement Therapy


Effectiveness: 10% (1 in 10)

All forms of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can help people quit smoking, almost doubling long term success rates

NRT aims to reduce withdrawal symptoms associated with stopping smoking by replacing nicotine in the blood. NRT is available as chewing gum, patches for the skin, nose spray, inhalers, and tablets. The review of trials found that all these forms of NRT made it more likely that a person's attempt to quit smoking would succeed. There is no evidence that one form of NRT is better than any other. NRT works with or without additional counselling.

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