September 10, 2019
High dose path to smoking cessation
A new study from Auckland and Canterbury universities has heightened the debate over the use of vaping as a way to quit smoking.
In a clinical study that included 40 percent Māori participation, the researchers found existing nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum combined with the use of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes or vapes greatly increased the likelihood of people being able to quit.
QJ Satchell from NZVapor, which supplied products and equipment for the clinical trial, says the study showed how vaping, which is a far less harmful way of ingesting nicotine than through cigarettes, can be used effectively as a cessation aid.
"If you start off with a high level of nicotine going in to your bloodstream, that’s a great way to minimise the risk of falling back into that trap of smoking cigarettes, and that can only be a good thing," he says.
QJ Satchell says vaping technology is evolving rapidly, and it is possible to deliver measured doses of nicotine so people can start at high levels and then bring them down to zero.
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