According to a statement released by the
Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in a Federal Register notice, manufacturers
of nicotine gum and other nicotine replacement products can now use new labels
that will permit smokers to opt for more than one therapy at one time. In
accordance with the new FDA labelling regulations, people looking forward to
quit smoking can now use GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK)’s Nicorette gum and similar
other products in combination with other treatments and for longer periods.
Margaret Hamburg, the Commissioner of FDA,
states that the FDA hopes that the newly initiated changes on product labels
will allow people to use them successfully for quit smoking. She also adds that
this will reduce the rate of tobacco dependence in the country.
The label changes were demanded by the
public health and consumer groups, with the assertion that the current product
labels were inadequate and might have disheartened people from purchasing quit
smoking products.
Source: bloomberg.com, Date: 1st April 2013
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