As I was reading the Canadian Healthcare Network news this morning, I noticed an ad for a new product – Nicorette QuickMist. Although it is not listed on the Canadian Nicorette website, it is a product on the UK website. This product is a unique form of nicotine replacement therapy, an instant release mouth spray [...]

…while only seven percent of babies born to those who did not use nicotine at all had colic, nine percent of babies whose moms smoked and eleven percent of babies whose moms used NRT had colic…

A prospective study published in the January 10, 2012 online edition of Tobacco Control found that patients using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) were just as likely to relapse within 4 years as those who did not use a NRT. The study also found that heavily dependent smokers who used NRT without professional help were more [...]

Starting September 30, the BC government will provide people up to 12 weeks of OTC nicotine gum or patches or prescription medication approved by the Pharmacare program. It is estimated that this program will cost between $15-25 million a year, depending on how many smokers enrol. One physician criticized the move, saying that if NRT [...]

A new program introduced by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion is offering a free 5 week nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) program to Ontarians that need help quitting. It’s called the smoking treatment for Ontario patients, or STOP. It’s objective is also to ascertain [...]