Assessing the effect of nicotine dose in cigarette smoking on sleep quality.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide), published as a randomized controlled trial.

This study aimed to compare higher vs lower nicotine levels in cigarette smoking on sleep quality.

Why It Was Studied

While several studies assessed the relation between cigarette smoking and sleep, there are still very few studies assessing the effect of nicotine in cigarette smoking on sleep.

Who Took Part

PubMed indexes the participants as adults and middle-aged adults, both men and women.

For each participant, the researchers included data regarding baseline and the last follow up at 6 weeks, where the researchers compared insomnia, sleep problems, and awakening at night, in addition to different depression and affect scores.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized.

Because people in this Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.

What Was Measured

While several studies assessed the relation between cigarette smoking and sleep, there are still very few studies assessing the effect of nicotine in cigarette smoking on sleep.

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine, Sleep Quality and Sleep Wake Disorders.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Cigarettes and Insomnia.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide).

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 4 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2021 (Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung), a journal based in Germany.

More context: the Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) compound page, all human trials.