New Approach May Help Smokers Quit
New Approach May Help Smokers Quit
Hurt hopes that Uvadex will make current antismoking treatments more effective. "Inhibition of nicotine metabolism could improve traditional therapies such as nicotine gum or patches," Hurt says. "The cigarette is the most efficient way to deliver nicotine, and so far it cannot be matched by other nicotine delivery systems. The result is that we are underdosing patients [with patches or gum] because we cannot reach the blood nicotine levels associated with smoking."
Reducing NNK is helpful, but "this isn't going to make smoking safe," Hurt says. "Tobacco smoke has about 40 carcinogens, and Uvadex reduces the level of only one of them."
New Approach May Help Smokers Quit
Hurt hopes that Uvadex will make current antismoking treatments more effective. "Inhibition of nicotine metabolism could improve traditional therapies such as nicotine gum or patches," Hurt says. "The cigarette is the most efficient way to deliver nicotine, and so far it cannot be matched by other nicotine delivery systems. The result is that we are underdosing patients [with patches or gum] because we cannot reach the blood nicotine levels associated with smoking."
Reducing NNK is helpful, but "this isn't going to make smoking safe," Hurt says. "Tobacco smoke has about 40 carcinogens, and Uvadex reduces the level of only one of them."
