Study: 10% of ex-smokers made a habit of the gum
07/12/00
Nicotine gum was intended as a temporary regimen for smokers as they attempted to wean themselves from cigarettes.
But for nearly 10% of those who use the gum to quit smoking, it has become a habit of its own, according to Dr. John R. Hughes, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical School in Burlington who has studied nicotine addiction. Hughes and other doctors stress that with one exception, there is no evidence that regular use of nicotine gum poses any health risk.