Smoking Cessation Effect of Tea Filter Through Inhibition of Nicotine Receptor

Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for a series of life threatening diseases including cancer and heart attack, which causes millions of deaths each year worldwide. Many of the harmful effects of cigarette smoking can be reversed by quitting; however, due to the addictive nature of nicotine, quitting smoking is extremely difficult. Despite the efforts, currently available methods produce only modest smoking cessation rates with relapse. Previously, tea components were shown to protect effect against cigarette smoke-induced toxicity. Here the investigator reported an unprecedented smoking cessation effect of tea. Green tea was made into cigarette filters and tested for its smoking cessation effect in a double-blind clinical study. The tea filter could effectively achieve abstinence relapse using smoking process to quite smoking and easy to be used by smoker without any side effects and psychological obstacles. This work provides a new idea and innovative method to combat tobacco epidemic. Its implementation and popularization may make a great contribution towards to reducing the smoking-related diseases, and relieving the public health burden and pollution caused by cigarette smoking.