Using Lozenges and the Patch More Effective for Quitting Smoking

Research has shown that smokers wanting to quit have found the best success rates using patches and lozenges, along with a bit of counseling.

Lozenges which deliver small doses of nicotine, along with the help of patches, and the assistance of a mental health professional, show great results for quitting for a day, a week and even for six months.

Megan E. Piper of the University of Wisconsin's Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention led the research project documenting the short and long term success of smokers receiving counseling sessions and this type of treatment in the long and the short term. The treatment included nicotine lozenges, an antidepressant, a placebo, and a combination of patches and lozenges, Piper and her colleagues concluded, "Only the nicotine patch plus lozenge produced a significantly higher abstinence rates at six-month post quit than did placebo."

All of the treatments had some kind of positive effect to an extent, but this was mostly due to the counseling.

So if you are a smoker and ready quit, consider this option and of course the counseling to help you along the way.

[Via: examiner.com]

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