FDA Relaxes Regs on Aids to Stop Smoking
Nicotine patches, gum, lozenges affected
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing its restrictions on the use of over-the-counter nicotine patches, gum and lozenges.
Currently, consumers are instructed to stop smoking when they begin using a nicotine replacement product and to stop using it after 12 weeks.
The FDA plans to remove both these restrictions in response to claims by critics that they may cause some smokers to abandon attempts to quit if they have a cigarette while on a replacement therapy.
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Shucks. I was expecting a story about relaxing restrictions on aids-the-disease.