I was collecting papers on the topic of dependency on nicotine-replacement therapy (patches, gums, inhalers) the other day, and I was fascinated to read in explanations of why so little non-smoker data was available that, prior to 1996, you needed a prescription to buy them in the USA.
‘So’, I thought, ‘before 1996, if you were over 18-21, you could buy any tobacco product you wanted in unlimited amounts and guaranteed that you were cutting several years on average off your life expectancy; yet you could not buy any amount of nicotine patches which come with essentially no side-effects and absolutely zero effect on life expectancy. Oh America!’
I’m now reminded of the brother of a friend of mine who has never smoked, but nevertheless has an annoying nicotine craving that stems from having tried out a nicotine patch in his teens.
The legal situation here in Australia of e-cigarettes being more restricted than cigarettes pisses me off when I think about it.
I was collecting papers on the topic of dependency on nicotine-replacement therapy (patches, gums, inhalers) the other day, and I was fascinated to read in explanations of why so little non-smoker data was available that, prior to 1996, you needed a prescription to buy them in the USA.
‘So’, I thought, ‘before 1996, if you were over 18-21, you could buy any tobacco product you wanted in unlimited amounts and guaranteed that you were cutting several years on average off your life expectancy; yet you could not buy any amount of nicotine patches which come with essentially no side-effects and absolutely zero effect on life expectancy. Oh America!’
I’m now reminded of the brother of a friend of mine who has never smoked, but nevertheless has an annoying nicotine craving that stems from having tried out a nicotine patch in his teens.