Snus Beats Nicotine Gum for Quitting Smoking, Say New Zealand Researchers

If you’re trying to quit smoking, forget nicotine gum. Researchers at New Zealand’s University of Otago showed that while only 10% of people who use nicotine replacement therapy actually stop smoking, 37% quit cigarettes by using snus. Tiny packets of non-spit-producing snus (pasteurized dry crushed tobacco placed between gum and cheek) were far preferred over nicotine gum by smokers in the study. The results were published in the respected journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.  Snus is “easy to take, people like the impact and they suppress withdrawal symptoms,” said lead researcher Dr. Brent Caldwell from the Department of Medicine. The research was funded by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand.

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