For historical reference.
Joel Spitzer retired on 12/26/20.
Limitations of the use of nicotine replacement product
I occasionally get emails from people inquiring as to why I have such a critical view of what most experts view as the state of the art treatments for smoking cessation, namely the use of nicotine replacement therapy and other pharmaceutical cessation products. Being that it takes time to personally answer all of these emails, I have assembled a series of articles and videos that address different issues involving the use of these products for smoking cessation.
- Pharmacological aids to smoking cessation
- Pharmacological aids, Part II
- 40 years of progress?
- Whatever you do don’t quit cold turkey!
- Who to believe
- How Did Most Smokers Quit?
- Is Cold Turkey the only way to quit?
- How do people quit?
- Hooked on the Cure
- Wall Street Journal article explores pharmaceutical industry “Nicotine Fix”
- The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation
- Former smokers say best way to quit is just to stop "cold turkey"
- Is it time to stop subsidising nicotine replacement therapies?
- Most expert say “Don’t quit cold turkey”
- Videos regarding stop smoking aids
