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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedNicotine lollipop sales climb; FDA steps in. (Industry News).(Food and Drug Administration )(Brief Article)
Tobacco Retailer, June, 2002
Drug stores are experiencing strong sales of nicotine-laced lollipops to smokers who want to quit, even though the pops have not received federal regulatory approval, the Wall Street Journal recently reported.
With brand names like NicoStop, NicoPop and Likatine, the pops come in flavors such as cherry, grape, apricot and tequila sunrise. One supplier to pharmacists said sales of the nicotine used in lollipops increased 20-fold from 2000 to 2001. Many pharmacists also are offering nicotine-spiked hard candy, lozenges and even lip balm, selling them in stores and on the Internet.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said he is writing a letter to Health Secretary Tommy G. Thompson asking him to halt sales of nicotine lollipops and similar products immediately...
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