Description

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) replaces the Nicotine from cigarettes with another form that can be managed.

This method assumes that:

• Because Nicotine is addictive,
• Managing Nicotine is the solution to quitting smoking.

Examples include Nicorette, Habitrol, Nicoderm, Commit and other brands.

Nicotine Replacement now comes in many forms:

• the gum
• the patch
• lozenges
• inhalers
• tablets
• nasal spray

4,866 smokers included from 40 separate studies.

Results

Nicotine Replacement had the 13th highest quit rate of any category.

Compared to the other methods, these results are really bad, way behind every other organized, monitored type of program.

These results clearly show that nicotine is not the real problem, or the answer.

Bottom line

If you have tried the patch to stop smoking and it has not worked, you are not alone.

In the market place, drug companies have an enormous advantage with:

• Huge advertising budgets
• Close relationship with doctors
• Incredible research facilities, and a
• Big reputation from many other powerful products

However, when it comes to quitting smoking, the research shows that the results of drugs and NRT are clearly inferior compared to many other methods.

A separate study, with 21,384 smokers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded the patch is "no longer effective."

A third study of second time patch users found a 0% success rate the second time around. Yes that was zero. So if it did not work before, don't count on it this time. National institute of Health citation

More information on what works, what doesn't, and why

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• Citations and links
• Study authors and methods
• Study's reception in the research community
• Criteria for including the 633 separate studies, and more

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