Use of Nicotine Mouth Sprays for Tobacco Cessation: A Review.

ABSTRACT

Smoking is a taboo, and a smoker fails in quitting despite repeated attempts as tobacco in all forms contain a highly addictive chemical nicotine making it difficult for habituated tobacco users to quit. Its addictive potential is considered to be even more than cocaine or heroin. It is due to the dependency caused by the nicotine that smokers become dependent and cause severe withdrawal symptoms. Hence, nicotine replacement therapy came into play to aid in tobacco cessation. There are currently various nicotine replacement therapies, which are available currently for tobacco abstinence. In this article, we shall discuss nicotine nasal spray, mouth spray, and the nicotine inhaler.