Content about nicotine replacement therapy

April 1, 2013

GSK Consumer Healthcare commends FDA nicotine replacement therapy proposals

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare today commended the proposals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the administration announced recommendations to remove certain warning statements and modifications of the instructions for use of nicotine replacement therapy products.

February 21, 2013

Study: Smoking cessation and reduced tobacco intake compels 'non-quitters' to quit

Smokeless tobacco users who said they didn’t want to quit changed their minds or significantly cut back when given nicotine lozenges or tobacco-free snuff in a Mayo Clinic study.

January 8, 2013

Rising cost of cigarettes and increased awareness over health risks driving more smokers to make quit attempt

New results from a national online public opinion poll of Americans 18 and older show that 34% of smokers plan to quit smoking as a New Year’s resolution in 2013, as compared to only 18% who reported that quitting smoking was a New Year’s resolution in 2012.

October 19, 2012

JAMA: Director of tobacco research suggests most benefits outweigh risks when considering cessation

Smokers who have been unsuccessful to date in trying to kick the nicotine habit may be able to stop smoking by combining two smoking cessation approaches, according to a report published in the Oct. 17 issue of JAMA.

March 30, 2012

GSK advocates broadening scope of nicotine replacement therapy

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare strongly supported efforts to inform smokers of the impact tobacco use has on the body, as well as effective ways to quit, during a congressional briefing Friday that was sponsored by Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Tim Murphy, R-Pa.

January 10, 2012

Harvard School survey asserts NRT ineffective in spite of body of evidence to the contrary

Nicotine replacement therapies designed to help people stop smoking, specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, do not appear to be effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking-cessation counseling, according to a new survey by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Massachusetts Boston posted in an advance online edition of Tobacco Control Monday.

July 28, 2011

Study finds most smokers lack knowledge on ways to quit smoking

Almost half of all smokers try and fail to quit their addiction to nicotine products each year, according to a study released Wednesday.

February 14, 2011

Pa. health dept. helps smokers quit in the name of love

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday announced it would be distributing free nicotine replacement therapy kits beginning on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, to help Pennsylvanians who want to give up tobacco “in the name of love.”

December 7, 2010

FDA studies effectiveness, benefits  of long-term smoking-cessation therapy

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The Food and Drug Administration is exploring the benefits associated with the long-term use of nicotine-replacement therapy products, a factor expected to both extend the amount of time a person avails themselves of the smoking-cessation therapy, as well as increase the success rates for quit attempts.  

February 28, 2010

Study: Extended use of nicotine patch shows reduced relapse in smokers

Future ex-smokers who use a nicotinepatch therapy longer than currently recommended may be less likely...

February 1, 2010

Study finds full use of nicotine-patch therapy may prevent relapse

Future ex-smokers who utilize a nicotine-patch therapy longer may be less likely to relapse, according...

July 5, 2009

Kicking the habit with Nicorette

First, it’s the first truly “new” product to enter the smoking cessation space in...