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A new review of existing studies pinpoints the most effective strategies that can help a person quit smoking. These include a common anti-nicotine drug, a plant-based drug, and nicotine e-cigarettes.
Nicotine replacement therapy, in the form of gum, patches, nasal spray, inhaler and lozenges all improve the ability of people trying to quit tobacco products. [8] Nicotine replacement therapy is as effective as medications, such as bupropion , in helping people quit smoking for at least six months. [ 16 ]
In recent years, especially in Canada and the United Kingdom, many smokers have switched to using electronic cigarettes to quit smoking tobacco. [16] [17] [18] However, a 2022 study found that 20% of smokers who tried to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking succeeded but 66% of them ended as dual users of cigarettes and vape products one year out. [19]
They compared their finding that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes helped 20% of people quit with the results from other studies that found nicotine replacement products helps 10% of people quit. [152] A 2016 review found low quality evidence of a trend towards benefit of e-cigarettes with nicotine for smoking cessation. [154]
In 2021, Juul paid $51,000 to devote the entire May/June issue American Journal of Health Behavior to publishing 11 studies that it funded to show its products helped smokers quit. [118] While all papers have been peer-reviewed (with a 12th paper being rejected), the legitimacy of the process has been discussed by academics. [ 119 ]
The agency says companies have to show that flavored vapes will do more to benefit public health by helping smokers quit tobacco products than the harm they cause by appealing to young people.