22nd Century Corrects Misinformation in News Article

In an October 27, 2009 press release, 22nd Century summarized some clinical trial results of using very low nicotine cigarettes for smoking cessation, including one study led by Dr.

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As stated, these would be useful only for those who were interested in quitting--to put it mildly.

Anyone whose "interest" waned when the nicotine dose failed to do the chores would either be smoking way more in a frenzy to find satisfaction or going out to find "a REAL smoke".

The study parameters might be informative. For instance, did the subjects have ready access to full-strength cigarettes during the test period? Was "flavor" ruled out as a confounding "promoter of abstinence"? How about just being involved in a study?

Outside of the abstinence thing, this approach doesn't seem to hold much for nonsmokers.