Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research
Over the past year we’ve seen various trials that assess vaping as an intervention for smoking cessation. Now we have smoking cessation drugs being studied as interventions to help people stop vaping. Cytisinicline, a plant based alkaloid that targets nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, has been available in the UK since the start of this year. One hundred and sixty non-smokers who use nicotine vapes were randomised to either cytisinicline 3 mg three times a day for 12 weeks or placebo (both groups received behavioural support). Participants were asked to set a quit date seven to 14 days after the start of treatment. Some 31.8% of those in the cytisinicline group, and 15.1% in the placebo group had stopped vaping between nine and 12 weeks (odds ratio, 2.64; 95% CI, 1.06 to 7.10). However, by 16 weeks the gap between the groups had …
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