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I loved the taste of cigarettes, the smell of their smoke, I associated them with parties and fun, calm moments of solitary reflection and conspiratorially gossipy conversations

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) NRT helps ease the transition off tobacco by providing controlled doses of nicotine without the harmful chemicals found in tobacco products

While it usually does not start to show symptoms until around age 40, it occurs in younger patients as well

However, it cannot be used in patients or experimental subjects who are being treated with nicotine-containing medications (patches, gum, or nasal spray) because the nicotine metabolite cotinine is produced from the medication as well as from tobacco