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A low cost pill could help smokers quit the habit, according to UK charity the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The trial, which was partly funded by the BHF as part of the National Prevention Research Initiative, showed the smokers were more likely to give up if they were taking a tablet called Tabex, which contains a naturally occurring nicotine substitute.
According to the manufacturers, Tabex has a 57% success rate and takes 21 days to work. The tablets are taken one every two hours to begin with, and then the intervals are slowly extended until the tablets are taken once every six hours.
The product has been available in some European countries for a long time but it was a recent trial in the UK that seems to have proved ithe tablet's effectiveness.
Tabex contains cytisine, which is derived from Laburnum seeds, and details of the study have been published in the New England School of Medicine.
Commenting in press release, Doireann Maddock, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said:
“If you want to live a longer and healthier life, stopping smoking is the single most important thing you can do. However, even though it is a major risk factor for heart disease, it can be a challenging habit to break."
“Getting professional help to stop smoking increases your chance of success enormously and the results from this latest trial are encouraging. We need some bigger trials first but this pill may yet offer a low cost treatment to help people break this harmful habit."
“In the meantime, those looking to quit smoking should speak to their GP about the huge range of proven services that are out there to help.”
*Previously published on Wordpress in October 2011.
The trial, which was partly funded by the BHF as part of the National Prevention Research Initiative, showed the smokers were more likely to give up if they were taking a tablet called Tabex, which contains a naturally occurring nicotine substitute.
According to the manufacturers, Tabex has a 57% success rate and takes 21 days to work. The tablets are taken one every two hours to begin with, and then the intervals are slowly extended until the tablets are taken once every six hours.
The product has been available in some European countries for a long time but it was a recent trial in the UK that seems to have proved ithe tablet's effectiveness.
Tabex contains cytisine, which is derived from Laburnum seeds, and details of the study have been published in the New England School of Medicine.
Commenting in press release, Doireann Maddock, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said:
“If you want to live a longer and healthier life, stopping smoking is the single most important thing you can do. However, even though it is a major risk factor for heart disease, it can be a challenging habit to break."
“Getting professional help to stop smoking increases your chance of success enormously and the results from this latest trial are encouraging. We need some bigger trials first but this pill may yet offer a low cost treatment to help people break this harmful habit."
“In the meantime, those looking to quit smoking should speak to their GP about the huge range of proven services that are out there to help.”
*Previously published on Wordpress in October 2011.
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