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posted by chromas on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the C10H19N2 dept.

Nicotine Replacement: When Quitting Cigarettes, Consider Using More Nicotine, Not Less:

When delivered through cigarettes, nicotine is considered to be one of the most addictive substances on Earth, so it may seem odd to suggest that people should use more, rather than less, to quit smoking. A recent review of the research, however, has found just that.

Nicotine replacement therapy, known as NRT, has been used to help people safely quit smoking for more than 20 years. It can be prescribed by a doctor but, in many countries, is also available to buy from grocery stores and pharmacies. The Cochrane review (Cochrane assesses evidence on healthcare interventions and summarises the findings) looked at the best ways to use NRT to quit smoking – and found three ways in which using more nicotine might help:

  1. Use two forms of NRT rather than one. [...]
  2. Start to use NRT before stopping smoking. [...]
  3. Higher doses of NRT may help some people.

If you don't get a "happy" jolt from the release of dopamine (because the levels of nicotine never dropped to a stage of craving), the perceived "reward" for smoking is reduced/removed.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:25AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:25AM (#832437)

    I smoked cigarettes for years.

    I quit. I didn't use any patches or any other substitute sources of nicotine.

    The first three weeks of quitting were undeniably difficult. After that doing without nicotine was a lot easier.

    Bottom line : difficult stuff IS difficult. But when it comes to engaging in self-harm because you lack the self-control to abstain from using nicotine, it is impossible
    for me to have sympathy for people who claim "they can't do it. BULLSHIT, you pathetic pieces of garbage are WEAK and you don't have the strength to make a decision
    and stick to it. So the sooner cancer removes your sort from the gene pool, the better. The human race will be better off without you in it.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Subsentient on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:59AM

    by Subsentient (1111) on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:59AM (#832439) Homepage Journal
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    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @04:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @04:43AM (#832447)

    Don't hold back, friend. Tell us how you really feel.

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:24AM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:24AM (#832456) Homepage Journal

    I tell my children, no drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes. I see what it does to people when they lose control. I'm not a drinker. I can honestly say I never had a beer in my life. It's one of my only good traits. I never had a glass of alcohol. Can you imagine, if I had, what a mess I’d be? I’d be the world’s worst. I had a brother, Fred. Great guy, best-looking guy, best personality. Much better than mine. But he had a problem. He had a problem with alcohol. And he would tell me, "don’t drink. Don’t drink." RIP Fred!!