:) As far as I know, there are maybe 4 or 5 LWers total who ever use nicotine gum without having previously smoked. (Although I have no idea how common we are in general.)
Patches don’t sting your throat and they are easier to cut into precise quantities. I don’t plan on using the gum again. I have never smoked a cigarette and probably never will.
My patches come in foil wrapping, so I store the unused part of the patch inside that and tape it closed. I’m pretty sure it still loses effectiveness over time (after opening), but the remaining sub-patches still have (quite noticeable) alertness effects.
I’m sure there are, but IIRC, one is paying mostly for patches, not dosage (the marginal cost of nicotine being very small), so cutting up patches looks attractive cost-wise.
Patches don’t sting your throat and they are easier to cut into precise quantities. I don’t plan on using the gum again. I have never smoked a cigarette and probably never will.
Nicotine lozenges are much nicer than nicotine gum.
[I don’t take them recreationally—I used them to give up cigarettes a while ago] .
What about the patch evaporation problem, though?
Keep them in the freezer perhaps?
Gum may be better suited for a DNB/Nicotine testing scenario though, if it acts faster.
My patches come in foil wrapping, so I store the unused part of the patch inside that and tape it closed. I’m pretty sure it still loses effectiveness over time (after opening), but the remaining sub-patches still have (quite noticeable) alertness effects.
Hm. Maybe I should try out patches. (After my nicotine/DNB experiment, I’ll be pretty low on gum.)
I’m surprised lower dose patches aren’t available
I’m sure there are, but IIRC, one is paying mostly for patches, not dosage (the marginal cost of nicotine being very small), so cutting up patches looks attractive cost-wise.
I use the gum without ever having smoked. I’ve never really minded the slight sting though.