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Nicotine-reduced smokes may make it easier to quit

Posted on Nov 17th 2007 3:57PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

A U.S. study this week found that giving smokers cigarettes with decreasing amounts of nicotine -- over time -- made it easier for them to curb their nicotine addiction.

As with all drugs, gradual declines are better for most than a "cold turkey" approach of rapid cessation.

Would you be willing to try smoking cigarettes with a gradual lowering of nicotine levels if it meant the pain of quitting was lessened quite a bit? To many smokers, that would be a welcome way to try and stop quitting.

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Tags: cigarettes, nicotine, smoking, stop smoking, StopSmoking

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Jessie 11-18-2007 @ 8:57PM

I think it would be a great idea to make cigarettes with less nicotine so that people have an easier time quitting smoking. I would like more information about where I can purchase this new product. Thanks...Jessie

Brian White 11-17-2007 @ 7:33PM

Hi Jessie -- not sure these products are even on the market yet. This post was in reference to a study, but I hope (as you do) that it spawns actual products that will indeed help people quit smoking.

Regards,

Brian

richard day gore 11-18-2007 @ 12:50PM

It will be interesting to see if they work! Sounds like it willo slowly drain the addiciton down to a habit, and though habits are hard to break it has to be easier without the chemical addicition thrown in.
Regards,
Richard Day Gore

Stella 11-18-2007 @ 7:21AM

Damn, I hate when they hook you then not tell you where to get them. They are out there. Come on, bring it on..

Fredrik Eich 11-18-2007 @ 10:14AM

Reduction of nicotine content in expensive cigerettes can only help to make less expensive smokeless products more attractive. Even presidential runner has discovered
smokeless products.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/obamas-new-addiction/