(XXII), a leader in tobacco harm reduction, announced that The New England Journal of Medicine has published a special article describing a milestone study that used the Company’s proprietary SPECTRUM research cigarettes (N Engl J Med 2015; 373:1340-1349). They believe the study should be conducted on a longer period in order for the findings to be taken into consideration.
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The coalition estimates such a tax hike on cigarettes and other tobacco products could generate $180 million the government could use for wellness programs. Those involved in the test had no expressed interest in quitting smoking.
Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta says such an increase in the government’s budget later this month would help deter young people from lighting up.
Recently, a team of researchers set out to answer this question by following more than 800 adults who smoked at least five cigarettes a day.
The new study stands in contrast to a past study that showed that low nicotine cigarettes did not help people quit smoking. These battery-powered vaporizers are created to mimic tobacco smoking and work by vaporizing a liquid solution known as an e-liquid containing nicotine and flavorings.
Totally Wicked, an e-cigarette manufacturing business based in Blackburn, Lancashire and employing over 100 people yesterday challenged the legality of the legislation, which Britain must introduce next year or face large fines from Brussels. The people given the lower-nicotine cigarettes smoked 23% to 30% fewer cigarettes per day than those who smoked the cigarettes with 15.8 mg of nicotine per gram. Perhaps even more surprising, the low-nicotine cigarette smokers also had reduced dependence on nicotine – and fewer cravings for cigarettes when they weren’t smoking. The good news is that a multitude of tools and self-help materials are now available, for example, nicotine replacement therapies (gum or patches), e-cigarettes, online support services, helplines and mobile phone applications (apps). A group also was asked to smoke experimental cigarettes with 5.2 mg per gram of tobacco, smoking an average of 20.8 cigarettes per day, roughly the same as the control group with normal levels of nicotine. These study volunteers had no desire to quit smoking.
A notable reduction in nicotine content in cigarettes appeared to significantly reduce smoking, nicotine exposure and nicotine dependence in adults who smoke, according to results of a randomized, double blind clinical trial. These manufacturers used tobacco with common nicotine ranges and a vent system that tries to make it tougher for a smoker to inhale the powerfully-addictive substance.
The idea that less nicotine means decreased addiction seems intuitive at first, but the studies backing it up have been scant.
Federal regulators may want to see more results before ordering industry-wide nicotine limits on smoked tobacco, David said.
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The FDA declined to comment on the study, but the director of its Center for Tobacco Products, Mitch Zeller, said in a statement that “though all tobacco products are potentially harmful and potentially addictive, different categories of tobacco products may have the potential for varying effects on public health”.
