Herbal Cigarettes No Safer Than Regular Cigarettes
Cigarettes made with a blend of medicinal herbs and tobacco are no healthier than regular cigarettes, a new study finds. Increasingly popular throughout the world, herbal cigarettes are marketed as safer and less addictive than regular cigarettes.
For the study, researchers compared 135 people who smoked herbal cigarettes with 143 people who smoked regular cigarettes. Analyzing the participants’ urine samples, they found no significant difference in four key markers that indicate delivery of nicotine and carcinogens.
Sizing up study members’ responses to a questionnaire about their cigarette choices, the researchers also found that 24 percent of participants switched to herbal cigarettes because they believed the products to be a healthier alternative. What’s more, most people who switched to herbal cigarettes reported an increase in the number of the cigarettes they smoked daily.
There are a number of natural remedies that may be helpful to those attempting to quit smoking. These include acupuncture, St. John’s wort, ginseng, and hypnotherapyhypnosis/g/hypnosis.htm”>hypnotherapy.
Herbal Cigarettes No Safer Than Regular Cigarettes originally appeared on About.com Alternative Medicine on Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 06:00:33.
