Electronic cigarettes and nicotine patches are just as effective to help quit smoking ,smoking patches according to the conclusions of what is believed to be the first clinical trial to compare the two methods .smoking patches
However, electronic cigarettes are more effective in reducing cigarette consumption among smokers who do not quit smoking .smoking patches
smoking patches !!!
Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine , flavor and other chemicals. These substances are transformed into steam which is inhaled by the user.smoking patches
The new study included 657 smokers using both electronic cigarettes, electronic cigarettes fake ( that do not contain nicotine) and nicotine patches for 13 weeks. At the end of the six month study , approximately 6 percent of the participants were able to stop .smoking patches
smoking patches The rate of those who were successfully stopped by 7.3 percent in the group e- cigarette , 5.8 percent in the nicotine patch group and 4.1 percent in the e- cigarette of lies .
These differences were not statistically significant ,smoking patches according to study leader Chris Bullen , director of the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland in New Zealand , and colleagues .smoking patches
The results suggest that electronic cigarettes are similar to nicotine patches to help people quit smoking for at least six months.smoking patches
Among participants who do not quit smoking , 57 percent of the e- cigarette group had reduced their daily cigarette consumption by at least half after six months, compared with 41 percent of the group to nicotine patch ,smoking patches according to the study published online on September 7 in the Lancet and presented at the annual meeting of the European respiratory Society , held in Barcelona , Spain .smoking patches
About 90 percent of those who have used electronic cigarettes - including false release - recommended to my friends and family ,smoking patches compared with 56 percent in the nicotine patch group , the researchers said . They also found that electronic cigarettes are similar to nicotine patches in terms of safety .
"Although our results do not show clear differences between electronic cigarettes and patches in terms of success was stopped after six months , it seems that electronic cigarettes are effective in helping smokers who have not stopped shooting ," Bullen said in a statement release from the journal.
patches smoking "It is also interesting to note that people who participated in our study seem to be much more excited about the e- cigarette patches, as evidenced by the greater proportion of the population in both groups with electronic cigarettes would recommend to family and friends , compared with patches , "he added .
Bullen continued :patches smoking "There is still much to discover about the effectiveness and long-term effects of electronic cigarettes Given the growing popularity of these devices in many countries, and accompanying regulatory uncertainty and inconsistency , large long-term studies . 's Urgent establish whether these devices might be able to realize their potential as effective and popular support to stop smoking. "patches smoking
This is a "patches smoking groundbreaking study " suggests that electronic cigarettes have the potential to increase the number of smokers who quit smoking and reduce the costs of former smokers and health systems , Peter Hajek ,patches smoking professor and director of the unit research snuff dependence in the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, wrote in a commentary accompanying the publication patches smoking
