Use of Nicotine Gums, Tablets and Lozenges: A Review.

ABSTRACT

Difficulty quitting is best predicted by how much one smoke on a daily basis and smoking within 30 min of waking up each day, both of which are measures of nicotine dependence. It has now been established that tobacco smoking often involves dependence to nicotine. This is usually seen as a problem, but often as an opportunity. The cigarette is the most contaminated drug-delivery device. If nicotine is largely what the smoker needs, the use of nicotine from alternative sources to sustain smoking reduction could be exploited for long-term harm reduction to the smoker unable to quit.