Key messages
Advice and support from oral health professionals involving nicotine replacement therapy or e‐cigarettes are more likely to help clients stop smoking.
Single or multiple sessions of advice and support may help clients stop smoking or using tobacco products.
Background …
Key messages
Nicotine e-cigarettes can help individuals stop smoking for at least six months. Evidence shows they work better than nicotine replacement therapy and probably better than e-cigarettes without nicotine.
They may work better than no support or behavioural support…
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However, there have been few studies…
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