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News items on 'Nicotine Replacement Therapy'
Stop-Smoking Vaccine in the Works
(World health - EU Monitor 13/10/2009)
The US National Institute on Drug Abuse has given a $10 million grant to a Maryland company to help it in the final phases of research of a possible anti-nicotine vaccine. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockville will launch a phase III study of a potential vaccine called NicVAX. The study, which could be the last step of research if the vaccine works, represents the most advanced investigation of a smoking-cessation vaccine. The vaccine is designed to help people quit smoking and not relapse.
Why trying to quit smoking can be an itchy problem
(BBC 14/09/2009)
Scientists say they have discovered why people who are trying to quit smoking can get an attack of the itches. It appears that nicotine patches used to help smokers kick the habit activate chemical pathways in the skin, nose and mouth that play a role in inflammation. The Belgian team, who studied the effects in mice, say their findings could help others develop smoking cessation aids with fewer side effects. The results are published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Teenager in nicotine gum overdose
(BBC 21/07/2009)
A 14-year-old from the West Midlands has overdosed on nicotine gum, prompting an investigation by an anti-smoking organisation. Aidan Williams chewed up to 45 pieces of the gum which had been given to a friend of his at Menzies High School, in West Bromwich, the Sun reported. He spent a night in hospital after becoming light-headed. DECCA, which gave out the gum, said it was thought to be the first time such an incident had happened.
Nicotine gum linked to mouth cancer
(The Scotsman 23/04/2009)
Researchers from the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, found nicotine increased the levels of a gene called FOXM1. They also found FOXM1 was increased in the early stages of mouth cancer. Experts, however, said the research should not stop people using nicotine replacement therapies to help them quit smoking. Unlike other ingredients in cigarettes, such as tar and carbon monoxide, nicotine has not been linked to cancer.
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Concern over 'e-cigarette' sales
(BBC 13/03/2009)
Ministers are being urged to restrict the sale of 'electronic' cigarettes amid fears they could be harmful. Retailers say they are a healthy alternative to real cigarettes because their users can inhale nicotine without tar, tobacco or carbon monoxide. But trading standards officers say children could buy them and be exposed to dangerous levels of the drug.
Fears over electronic cigarettes
(BBC 08/10/2008)
Fears are being raised about the boom in sales in the UK of so-called electronic cigarettes. The cigarettes use replaceable cartridges with shots of nicotine, but have become popular because they are not covered by the smoking ban. While the products do not contain tar, tobacco or carbon monoxide, experts are worried as users inhale a fine heated mist and there is a lack of regulation.
Electronic fags could be toxic
(World health stories by popularity (EU Media Monit 19/09/2008)
THE World Health Organisation warned today that "electronic cigarettes", which claim to be a nicotine replacement therapy, could be highly poisonous."It's 100 per cent false to affirm this is a therapy for smokers to quit," WHO anti-tobacco official Douglas Bettcher said."There are a number of chemical additives in the product which could be very toxic."
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