Pharmacy's peak bodies are supporting the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) as a tool to help smokers quit, despite a study which claims it is no more effective than going cold turkey.
Both the PSA and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia have said NRT can be a useful aid for smokers making quit attempts.
However a study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found people who quit smoking relapsed at equivalent rates whether or not they used NRT to help them in their attempts.
A spokesperson for the PSA said the study had not noted that most smokers make 12 to 14 quit attempts before successfully giving up smoking.
“The South Australia Quitline reports that, ‘research has shown that smokers on average...
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