NICOTINE FOR QUITTING….EFFECTIVE OR NOT?
A recent study of nicotine use in tobacco cessation has questioned it’s effectiveness, and even implies that it is counterproductive in people with the greatest nicotine dependence. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/health/study-finds-nicotine-gum-and-patches-dont-help-smokers-quit.html?hp Although originally improved as an adjunct for smoking cessation, nicotine is used ‘willy nilly’ by patients in an effort to reduce their smoke exposure and to potentially …