Nicotine-free substance could help people quit vaping

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Cytisinicline, a compound found naturally in plants, could help people quit nicotine vaping, according to international research. Cytisinicline is used as a quit-smoking product in Central and Eastern Europe because it can help reduce nicotine dependence, so a team of researchers investigated whether it could also be effective for vapers. The team recruited 160 daily nicotine vapers and randomly assisted them to receive daily doses of cytisinicline or a placebo treatment, then monitored their attempt to quit vaping over 16 weeks. The researchers say 31.8% of the cytisinicline group had successfully abstained from vaping, compared to 15.1% of the placebo group. The researchers say larger, longer-term studies need to be done to back up this finding.