Nicotine-Gum and Quitting Smoking
Scientists sustain that nicotine gum will increase the number of non-smokers. They showed in a study that the rates of gradual smoking reduction, smoking abstinence have significantly increased after the use of nicotine gum.
Saul Shiffman, Ph.D., of Pinney Associates in Pittsburgh, and his colleagues conducted an investigation with 3,297 smokers which received either placebo or nicotine gum (2-mg or 4-mg doses). All study participants expressed a desire to quit smoking gradually. The study continued over eight-week periods during 1999 to 2000 and 2007 to 2008.
After this investigation scientists found that smokers who used nicotine gum were significantly more likely than those using placebo to achieve initial smoking abstinence of at least 24 hours, an effect true for both dosage groups, the investigators found. Additionally, nicotine gum significantly increased the rates of both 28-day (10.3 percent versus 3.9 percent) and six-month (5.9 percent versus 2.1 percent) abstinence.
The researchers reported also that smokers using nicotine gum were significantly more likely to achieve 50 percent or more reduction in smoking level following the initial two weeks. These all findings demonstrate once again that smokers who wish to quit smoking by gradual reduction can increase their success by using nicotine gum for to facilitate reduction and cessation.
But as in other cases scientists are sure that nicotine-gum make smokers to quit but they are not sure that this gum will stop smoking forever and smokers will not start smoking again.
