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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 07 September 2012 12:40:02AM *  0 points [-]

:) 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.

Comment author: coffeespoons 07 September 2012 04:27:35PM *  1 point [-]

Nicotine lozenges are much nicer than nicotine gum.

[I don't take them recreationally - I used them to give up cigarettes a while ago] .

Comment author: gwern 07 September 2012 01:08:27AM 0 points [-]

What about the patch evaporation problem, though?

Comment author: acephalus 07 September 2012 08:36:20AM *  1 point [-]

Keep them in the freezer perhaps?

Gum may be better suited for a DNB/Nicotine testing scenario though, if it acts faster.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 07 September 2012 02:13:56AM *  1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: gwern 07 September 2012 02:50:15AM 0 points [-]

Hm. Maybe I should try out patches. (After my nicotine/DNB experiment, I'll be pretty low on gum.)

Comment author: drethelin 07 September 2012 02:44:29AM 0 points [-]

I'm surprised lower dose patches aren't available

Comment author: gwern 07 September 2012 02:49:43AM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: ahartell 07 September 2012 12:55:08AM 0 points [-]

I use the gum without ever having smoked. I've never really minded the slight sting though.

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