For those who did not complete the study, FTND scores were 4. Cigarettes smoked per day for those who completed the study were For those who did not complete the study, cigarettes smoked per day were The average amount of assigned product and regular cigarettes used at baseline and during the treatment period is illustrated in Figure 3 panels A and B.
The percentage of subjects smoking on average more than 3 cigarettes per day during the treatment weeks was 9. Fewer doses of Taboka than of the other two products were also used among subjects who reported being abstinent from cigarettes during weeks 2, 3 and 4 of the treatment period, although this difference did not reach statistical significance 6.
Nicotine craving and withdrawal symptom scores are illustrated in Figure 3 panels C and D. Changes in craving and withdrawal symptoms were assessed at the time of discontinuation of usual brand cigarettes i.
Similar results were found when craving and withdrawal symptoms were analyzed only in those subjects who were abstinent from cigarettes at weeks 2 to 4. This study was not powered to detect differences in smoking cessation rates between groups; however smoking status was collected at each visit to obtain preliminary data.
Point prevalence no smoking during the previous 7 days cigarette abstinence rates were calculated at the week 4 visit and at each of the two follow up visits.
Continuous abstinence rates were calculated for the four week period between the week 1 and week 4 visits. Abstinence at all visits was assessed by self-report i. Since subjects used nicotine containing products during the treatment period, cotinine-confirmed abstinence rates were not calculated for those visits. No significant differences in abstinence rates were seen between groups at any of time-points calculated table 2. Analyzing only subjects still remaining in the study after the sampling period i.
Five subjects reported oral tobacco use during the follow-up period 2 subjects in the Camel Snus group and 3 subjects in the Taboka group. This study found that enrolling smokers in a cessation study utilizing newer smokeless tobacco products is feasible.
The proportion of subject dropping out in those assigned to one of two smokeless tobacco products i. Camel Snus, Taboka was similar to the proportion assigned to medicinal nicotine and the overall drop-out rate during the treatment period was comparable to other smoking cessation studies 25 , Although many of those who initially responded to advertisements did not subsequently enroll in the study, many of the reasons for not enrolling were not reasons that suggest a resistance to using the study products e.
Overall, this study therefore found smokers were willing to enroll and complete a cessation study which used the newer tobacco products and did not find that smokeless tobacco was superior to nicotine replacement in decreasing craving or withdrawal symptoms; however nicotine replacement use resulted in larger decreases in total NNAL than Camel Snus.
Differences in how the three products were used may be related to the amount of nicotine in each of the products. Subjects used significantly fewer doses of Taboka than either Camel Snus or the nicotine replacement product. A recent study found that Taboka had 0. Products with similar amount of nicotine as Taboka e. Revel have been found to result in lower plasma nicotine concentrations than the nicotine lozenge 5 , Therefore, the nicotine concentrations obtained from Taboka may not have been sufficient to maintain product use.
Very low nicotine cigarettes, or nicotine free cigarettes, have shown promise as potential aids for cessation but it is not clear that low nicotine smokeless products would be equally effective 28 — Unlike the extra low nicotine or nicotine free cigarettes, low nicotine smokeless products are likely not as effective at substituting for the sensory and behavioral aspects of smoking.
This is consistent with the finding that during the last week of treatment those receiving Taboka smoked significantly more of their usual brand cigarettes than those assigned to either of the other two treatments. Our study therefore suggests that for smokeless products to be effective at substituting for cigarettes, nicotine concentrations likely have to surpass a certain threshold.
Quit rates for Camel Snus were comparable to those obtained with nicotine replacement therapy, therefore a properly powered study is needed to determine if use of smokeless tobacco products with higher nicotine content can be an effective path to smoking cessation, perhaps especially among smokers who are not interested in or previously were not successful with using approved pharmacotherapies.
This study addressed the issue of whether switching smokers to smokeless tobacco offers any advantages relative to switching to medicinal nicotine. In the various outcomes assessed i. Previous studies similarly found few differences in subjective measures after use of a single dose or repeated doses of some of the newer smokeless tobacco products vs. However, studies assessing these measures are relatively small and may not be able to detect small differences between groups.
In measures of toxicant exposure, switching to medicinal nicotine resulted in lower levels of NNAL than switching to one of the smokeless tobacco products. This is consistent with other studies demonstrating that many of the newer smokeless tobacco products, although having lower levels of toxicants than cigarette smoke, are not toxicant free 6 , 15 , 31 — The lack of significant differences among groups in total NNN exposure was perhaps due at least in part to endogenous NNN production from nicotine in those receiving medicinal nicotine 34 , Further research is needed to determine the extent to which this occurs.
This study therefore suggests that for smokers interested in quitting, medicinal nicotine should be the first option recommended and barriers to medicinal nicotine use should be identified and removed if possible.
Several limitations are present in the current study. Smokeless tobacco products commercially available in the United States have been introduced, withdrawn or changed at a relatively rapid rate. As a result, one of the products tested in the current study Taboka is no longer commercially available and changes to the other product Camel Snus occurred during the time period that the study occurred. Nonetheless, the study provides important information regarding the feasibility of conducting studies with these products and information regarding toxicant exposure during their use.
Lack of commercial availability of these products for most of the subjects during the follow-up period precludes evaluating if and how smokers introduced to these products would use them in a natural setting once these products were no longer provided by the study.
An additional limitation is that in the measurement of toxicant exposure, it is not known how much of the exposure was contributed by the study products as compared to cigarettes that subjects were smoking during the study i. A strength of this approach, however is that it more closely resembles toxicant exposure when these smokers are given these products in the natural environment.
Furthermore, when examining smokers who were verified to be abstinent, those assigned to Camel Snus continued to have higher toxicant exposure compared to those assigned to medicinal nicotine. It should be noted that the results of this study are limited in applicability only to smokers who are interested in quitting smoking and willing to use nicotine replacement therapy. It is not known how these products would compare in smokers not interested in cessation or smokers interested in cessation but not interested in using nicotine replacement therapy.
Future studies are needed to address these issues. In summary, this study demonstrated that smokers interested in quitting smoking were willing to enroll in and complete a study evaluating the newer smokeless tobacco products.
Further studies are needed to definitively determine if these products are effective at increasing cessation rates and to determine how smokeless tobacco products might be used in smokers not immediately interested in smoking cessation. Clinical Trials. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jan 1. Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer.
Please address correspondence to: Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Delaware St. Copyright notice. The publisher's final edited version of this article is available free at Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. This article has been corrected. See the correction in volume 20 on page See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Background Smokeless, spitless tobacco products are being introduced and marketed as cigarette substitutes.
Conclusions Enrolling smokers into a cessation study utilizing newer smokeless tobacco products is feasible. Impact This study demonstrates the feasibility of conducting a smoking cessation study utilizing these newer tobacco products.
Keywords: Smokeless tobacco, medicinal nicotine, biomarkers, craving, withdrawal. METHODS Subjects Cigarette smokers in generally good health between the ages of 18 and 70 who were interested in quitting smoking were recruited via advertisement. Study Design Subjects were first screened via telephone to determine interest in participation and initial eligibility. Open in a separate window.
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