Standard NRT or Unflavored E-cigarettes result in limited quitting in Australia without cessation support
Morphett K, Fraser D, Borland R, et al. A pragmatic randomized comparative trial of e-cigarettes and other nicotine products for quitting or long-term substitution in smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 20 December 2021
https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntab266/6470892
“An open-label, parallel-group randomized trial was conducted in Australia between 2014 and 2015, with 1563 adult daily smokers… Conclusion: A free trial of NRT [nicotine replacement therapy] and first-generation e-cigarettes and advice on long-term substitution was no better for smoking abstinence than usual care… The findings suggest that providing unflavoured cigalike e-cigarettes without additional support may not increase quitting compared with advice to use standard NRT in a general population of Australians who smoke.”
Stephen Hamann
