If the FDA would approve mentholated versions of these less harmful substitutes, it would give menthol smokers who dont wish to quit a safer and legal option without causing the damage created by criminalization (and would mitigate illicit menthol cigarette sales if they were banned)
Those over-the-counter cessation aids, along with lozenges, nasal spray, and inhalers, deliver small, controlled amounts of nicotine to your system to cut the worst side effects of quitting and keep you on track
Even with smuggling on the decline, the estimated volumes were still considerable: Between 135 million and 278 million packs of cigarettes were estimated to have illegally entered California in fiscal year 1998, representing between $50 million and $103 million in potential excise tax revenue.[199] The moderate decline in illicit smuggling that lasted 10 years between 1988 and 1998 ended when California voters raised the cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack, from 37 cents to 87 cents, by approving Proposition 10 in November 1998
The company recently announced it will acquire pharmaceutical company Vectura Group, which makes inhalers, as well as Fertin Pharma, a nicotine gum maker
