VicHealth Center for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton 3053, Australia.
Harm Reduct J. 2011 Oct 12;8:27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-8-27.
This study aimed to explore issues that might impact on the acceptability and feasibility of offering smokers nicotine containing products either to quit nicotine use altogether by using as a short term means of quitting cigarettes or as a longer term substitute.
Two small pilot studies, one in the UK (n = 34) involving face to face contact and direct provision of the product, the other in Australia (n = 31) conducted remotely with products sent in the mail.
Nicotine lozenges were the most popular products, but significant minorities liked a smokeless product more. Use stimulated interest in quitting, and although many failed to use all the products provided, most were interested in future use, more often to help quit than as a planned long-term substitute.
These studies indicate an untapped interest in the use of substitutes to reduce the harmfulness of smoking. Studies of this sort do not inhibit interest in quitting nicotine altogether, and may facilitate it. The greater the range of products on offer, the more smokers are likely to try a product to quit.
本研究旨在探讨可能影响吸烟者接受和使用含尼古丁产品的问题，这些产品既可以作为短期戒烟的手段，也可以作为长期替代尼古丁的替代品。
两项小型试点研究，一项在英国（n=34），涉及面对面接触和直接提供产品，另一项在澳大利亚（n=31），通过邮寄产品远程进行。
尼古丁含片是最受欢迎的产品，但仍有相当一部分人更喜欢一种无烟产品。使用尼古丁替代产品刺激了戒烟的兴趣，尽管许多人未能使用所提供的所有产品，但大多数人对未来的使用感兴趣，更多的是帮助戒烟，而不是作为计划中的长期替代品。
这些研究表明，人们对使用替代品来降低吸烟的危害性有很大的兴趣。这类研究并没有抑制人们对完全戒烟的兴趣，反而可能促进了这一兴趣。提供的产品种类越多，吸烟者尝试使用产品戒烟的可能性就越大。
