Most long-term users want to quit NRT products

A study has found that 88 percent of long-term users of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products want to quit NRT because of the cost of the products, because they are tired of feeling addicted, and because of fears of adverse health consequences, according to a story on 7th Space Interactive citing a study published in Harm Reduction Journal.

The majority of these users were said to have had moderate to high nicotine dependence.

The study was conducted in Denmark where 92 long-term NRT users were recruited through advertisements in three national newspapers.

The subjects were asked to answer a short questionnaire about their basic characteristics, health status and satisfaction with using NRT.

A modified version of the Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) questionnaire was applied to estimate nicotine dependence. Scoring on the modified HSI scale was 22.0 percent low dependence, 68.0 percent moderate and 9.3 percent high.

Of the respondents, 67.0 percent used NRT within 30 minutes after waking.

The study recommended the introduction of better counselling for chronically-dependent, long-term users on the benefits of using NRT rather than cigarettes.

It recommended, too, that support should be given to those long-term users wishing to quit NRT.

The story is at: http://7thspace.com/headlines/502667/exploratory_survey_study_of_long_term_users_of_nicotine_replacement_therapy_in_danish_consumers.html.