https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2019-09-10_vaping-helps-smokers-quit.html?
10 Sept. 2019
Associate Professor Natalie Walker and Professor Chris Bullen at the National Institute of Health Innovation, University of Auckland, New Zealand have published research that could help up to 50,000 more Kiwi lives be saved. The study, published in top medical journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, states that vaping helps smokers quit.
The study looked at 1124 adult smokers who were motivated to quit. The participants were split into three groups: one used just NRT patches, one used NRT patches and nicotine-free vape products, the last used NRT patches and also vaped with an 18mg eLiquid. All the adults were also offered telephone quit counselling to support them.
Walker and Bullen discovered that the group most likely to have remained smoke-free for the six months following their involvement in the process were those in the NRT patch/18mg cohort. This group produced between 7 and 17% more quitters. [my highlights]
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Dr George Laking said: “Almost 500, or 40 percent of participants were Māori, making it the largest randomised trial in the world of e-cigarette use involving indigenous people. Moreover, eight in every 10 Māori participants were women. [my highlights]. The trial has shown the feasibility of combining nicotine e-cigarettes with patches for Māori who seek to quit smoking.”
This research from The University of Auckland is perfectly timed, according to Ben Pryor, co-owner of the largest Kiwi-owned vaping company, Alt New Zealand, with the Government poised to introduce legislation to regulate vaping."
Related:
10 Sept. 2019
Associate Professor Natalie Walker and Professor Chris Bullen at the National Institute of Health Innovation, University of Auckland, New Zealand have published research that could help up to 50,000 more Kiwi lives be saved. The study, published in top medical journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, states that vaping helps smokers quit.
The study looked at 1124 adult smokers who were motivated to quit. The participants were split into three groups: one used just NRT patches, one used NRT patches and nicotine-free vape products, the last used NRT patches and also vaped with an 18mg eLiquid. All the adults were also offered telephone quit counselling to support them.
Walker and Bullen discovered that the group most likely to have remained smoke-free for the six months following their involvement in the process were those in the NRT patch/18mg cohort. This group produced between 7 and 17% more quitters. [my highlights]
[...]
Dr George Laking said: “Almost 500, or 40 percent of participants were Māori, making it the largest randomised trial in the world of e-cigarette use involving indigenous people. Moreover, eight in every 10 Māori participants were women. [my highlights]. The trial has shown the feasibility of combining nicotine e-cigarettes with patches for Māori who seek to quit smoking.”
This research from The University of Auckland is perfectly timed, according to Ben Pryor, co-owner of the largest Kiwi-owned vaping company, Alt New Zealand, with the Government poised to introduce legislation to regulate vaping."
Related:
- Nicotine patches used in combination with e-cigarettes (with and without nicotine) for smoking cessation: a pragmatic, randomised trial, The Lancet – [link]
