Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces (Stop Smoking Aid)

When you decide to quit smoking or vaping, your body experiences nicotine withdrawal, which can lead to unpleasant feelings and strong cravings. Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces works by releasing nicotine into your mouth, providing a controlled and safer alternative to tobacco or vaping. This helps to alleviate symptoms such as irritability, low mood, anxiety, restlessness, and increased appetite.

How Nicorette Freshmint Gum Supports Your Journey

Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces offers flexibility in your quitting journey:

• Stopping Immediately: Replace all your cigarettes or e-cigarettes with the gum from day one.
• Cutting Down Gradually: Use the gum to replace some of your daily cigarettes or e-cigarettes, slowly reducing your nicotine intake until you're ready to quit completely.

The freshmint flavour offers a pleasant experience, and the gum allows you to actively control your nicotine intake, adapting to your personal needs. For more guidance on choosing the right support for your journey, explore our guide What NRT Product is Best For Me? and discover How To Stop Smoking, For Good.

How to use Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces

The number of Nicorette® Gums you use each day will depend on how many cigarettes you smoked or vaped and their strength. This 4mg gum is typically used by people who smoke more than 20 cigarettes per day or by heavy vapers.

Dosage Guidelines

• For adults and children 12 years and over: If you usually smoke 20 cigarettes or more per day, use one 4mg gum as required to relieve cravings.
• Use only one piece of gum at a time.
• Most people use between 8 to 12 gums per day.
• Do not use more than 15 gums per day.
• Children aged 12 up to 18 years should not use for longer than 12 weeks without asking for help and advice from a doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
• Adults aged 18 years and over should not use for longer than 9 months without asking for help and advice from a doctor, nurse or pharmacist.

The Nicorette Chewing Technique

The method of chewing Nicorette® Gum is specific to ensure correct nicotine release. If chewed continuously, nicotine is released too quickly and swallowed, which may cause throat irritation, stomach upset, or hiccups.

If you have false teeth, you may find chewing the gum difficult as it could stick or damage dentures. Consider other nicotine replacement therapies if this is a problem.

• Chew slowly until taste becomes strong.
• Rest the gum between your gum and cheek.
• Chew again when the taste has faded.
• Keep chewing like this for about half an hour. After this time, the gum will have lost its strength and should be disposed of carefully.

How to Stop Smoking: Your Choice

You can choose to stop smoking immediately or gradually reduce the number of cigarettes/e-cigarettes you smoke/vape.

Stopping Immediately (Adults aged 18 years and over)

• Set a quit date and stop smoking cigarettes.
• Use the gum for up to 12 weeks (3 months) to relieve cravings.
• Gradually reduce the number of gums you use daily. When using only one or two pieces per day, stop completely.
• If you need to use the product for longer than 9 months, ask your doctor, nurse or pharmacist for advice.

Stopping Immediately (Children aged 12 years and over)

• Set a quit date and stop smoking cigarettes.
• Use the gum for 8 weeks (2 months) to relieve cravings.
• Reduce the number of gums over a 4-week period. When using only one or two pieces per day, stop completely.
• Do not use for longer than 12 weeks in total without asking for help and advice from your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.

Stopping Gradually (Adults aged 18 years and over)

• Work out your daily cigarette intake. Set a date to start reducing.
• Over the next few months, reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke by using Nicorette® Gum when you feel the urge to smoke, until you feel ready to stop completely.
• If after 6 weeks you have not reduced your cigarette intake, seek advice from your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
• Aim to stop smoking completely by six months from the beginning of treatment.
• Once you’ve stopped smoking, continue using the gum for up to 3 months to relieve cravings.
• Gradually reduce the use of the gum. When using only one or two pieces per day, stop completely.
• If you need to use the product for longer than 9 months, ask your doctor, nurse or pharmacist for advice.

Remember, Nicorette® Gum is an aid to help you quit, not a substitute for smoking.

Important Warnings and Precautions for Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces

Do not use Nicorette® Gum if:

• You are a child under 12 years of age.
• You have an allergy to nicotine or any of the other ingredients (see the ingredients section for details).

Talk to your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist if:

• You are pregnant or breastfeeding: Ideally, you should try to give up smoking/vaping without Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). If you cannot, NRT is a safer alternative, but always seek advice.
• You are in hospital because of heart disease (including heart attack, disorders of heart rate or rhythm, or stroke). For other heart conditions not requiring hospitalisation, using NRT is better than continuing to smoke.
• You have a stomach ulcer, duodenal ulcer, inflammation of the stomach, or inflammation of the oesophagus (passage between the mouth and stomach).
• You have liver or kidney disease.
• You have an overactive thyroid gland or a phaeochromocytoma (a tumour of the adrenal gland that can affect blood pressure).
• You have diabetes: Monitor your blood sugar levels more often when starting Nicorette® Gum, as your insulin or medication requirements may change.
• You are taking other medicines such as theophylline, clozapine, or ropinirole. Stopping smoking or cutting down may require dose adjustments of these medicines.
• You have ever experienced seizures (fits).
• You have quit smoking/vaping and are finding it difficult to stop using the gum.

Specific Ingredient Warnings:

• The chewing gum base contains butylated hydroxy toluene (E321), which may cause local skin reactions (e.g., contact dermatitis) or irritation to the eyes and mucous membranes.
• Nicorette® Gum contains sorbitol. If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars or hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI), talk to your doctor before using this medicine.

Possible Side-Effects:

Like all medicines, Nicorette® Gum can cause side-effects. Many effects are due to nicotine and can also occur from smoking. You may also experience effects related to nicotine withdrawal from stopping smoking, such as irritability, low mood, anxiety, restlessness, poor concentration, increased appetite, sleep disturbance, or lowered heart rate.

Effects of too much nicotine (if you are not used to inhaling tobacco smoke or if you overuse the gum) can include: feeling faint, nausea, headache, and hiccups.

Common Side-Effects:

• Headache, sore mouth or throat, jaw-muscle ache, stomach discomfort, nausea, hiccups, dizziness, and vomiting.

Uncommon Side-Effects:

• Hives (urticaria), redness or itching of the skin, chest palpitations.

Rare Side-Effects:

• Allergic reactions (swelling of the mouth, lips, throat, and tongue, itching, swelling of skin, ulceration and inflammation of the mouth lining).

Very Rare Side-Effects:

• Abnormal beating of the heart.

If you notice these or any other unwanted effects, tell your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. Mouth ulcers may also develop when stopping smoking, though the reason is unknown.

Overdose:

If you use more than the recommended dosage, you may experience nausea, excessive salivation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, sweating, headache, dizziness, hearing disturbance, or weakness. If you get any of these effects, contact a doctor or your nearest hospital Accident and Emergency department immediately. Take the leaflet and pack with you.

Contact a doctor or your nearest hospital Accident and Emergency department immediately if a child under 12 years uses, chews, or swallows this medicine. Nicotine ingestion by a child may result in severe poisoning.

Storage:

Keep Nicorette® Gum out of reach and sight of children and animals. Nicotine in high doses can be very dangerous and sometimes fatal if taken by children. Do not store above 25°C. Do not use the gum after the ‘Use before’ date on the box or blister strip. Dispose of Nicorette® Gum sensibly and in an environmentally friendly way.

Ingredients in Nicorette® Freshmint 4mg Gum Nicotine 105 Pieces

• Active ingredient: 4 mg Nicotine
• Other ingredients: Chewing gum base, sorbitol, sodium carbonate, flavourings, polacrilin, glycerol and talc.
• The chewing gum base contains butylated hydroxyl toluene (E321), an anti-oxidant.
• This gum also contains quinoline yellow (E104) (yellow colour).
• The gum does not contain sugar (sucrose) or animal products.