Most public buildings would have a cigarette machine for use, and they even made regular appearances on street corners for extra convenience
2024 July
PDF page 19 of the Guide tells doctors and other health care providers that: "Pharmacotherapy is recommended for all dependent smokers who express an interest in quitting, except where contraindicated." Doctors are told that "first line options are medicines that have been shown to be effective" and in "Australia these are NRT (brands include Chemist's Own Nicotine, Nicabate CQ, Nicorette, Nicotinell, QuitX and others), varenicline (brand name Champix) and sustained release preparations of bupropion hydrochloride (brand names Buproprion-RL, Clorprax, Prexaton and Zyban SR)." PDF page 29 tells physicians that "all forms of NRT (at equivalent doses) are similarly effective in aiding long term cessation," that "all forms of NRT can increase the rate of quitting by 50-70 percent." Not once does the Guide warn doctors that NRT's 50-70% rate reflects efficacy over placebo, findings from studies that we now know were not blind as claimed
This is where we saw the opportunity to use pigeons but doing research online showed that there is another bird around cities which is far smarter. The guys at Crowded Cities havent run any trials with the Crowbar yet but theyre pretty sure they know how it will work
Belgian governments and Dutch who have recently positioned themselves in favour of such a ban
