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Nicotine Inhaler
What is a Nicotine Inhaler?
A Nicotine Inhaler is the only stop smoking aid that helps with both the physical and psychological aspects of smoking. A Nicotine inhaler, or the nicotine inhalation system, is a mouthpiece and a cartridge, that looks much like a plastic, hollow cigarette, into which a nicotine-filled cartridge, is placed. A person breathes in nicotine-filled air through the mouthpiece and refills the nicotine cartridge as needed.
Does the Nicotine Inhaler Work?
In two studies of more than 400 heavy smokers, those who used the Nicotine inhaler were more likely to be smoke free 6 and 12 weeks after quitting than those using a placebo inhaler.
After 1 year, when inhalers had not been used for 6 months, those who had used nicotine inhalers were two times more likely to be smoke free. In one of the studies, 45% of those using the Nicotine inhaler were smoke free after 6 weeks, compared with 14% of those using the placebo. Nicotine inhaler users were 11% smoke free after a year compared with 5% in the placebo group.
How the Nicotine Inhaler Works
The person inhales about 30% of the nicotine found in a cigarette without the tar and carbon monoxide and this helps to lessen the need or craving for cigarettes. Craving is the most important withdrawal symptom, since it is the symptom that keeps most smokers from being able to quit.
Since the Nicotine Inhaler has kind of the same shape of a cigarette, it helps to fulfill the need to hold something in their hands while trying to quit.
Possible Side Effects and Nicotine Alert
Side effects were mouth and throat irritation from the nicotine, but this usually goes away or lessens as people adjust their use of the product.
Little nicotine is carried to the lungs, showing that most is absorbed in the buccal membranes, very much like nicotine gum.