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A new study is calling the effectiveness of nicotine gum and patches into question.

Harvard researchers looked at people who quit smoking....

Some who used the nicotine replacement therapies --- and others didn't.

After two years, a third of the people who quit smoking had picked up the habit again.

Researchers say those who used nicotine replacement therapies were just as likely to start smoking again as those who didn't use those methods.