nicotine replacement therapy product

ID
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ADDICTO:0001139

Curation status
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Proposed
Created
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24 Aug '21

Modified
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17 Mar '25

Parents
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Definition
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A nicotine-containing product that some country has granted marketing authorisation as a medicine to replace nicotine from tobacco in an attempt to reduce or stop smoking.

Note: Definitions may show angled brackets (< and >) around some of the text to show that it is the parent term.
Informal definition
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A nicotine product at least some countries have granted marketing authorisation as a medicine to help smokers reduce or stop smoking.

Synonyms
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  • NRT
Comment
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This class is problematic because as products have evolved distinctions between those receiving a license to be marketed as medicines and those that have not have become blurred. It is better to use the parent class 'nicotine-containing product' or the more accurate 'licensed nicotine-containing product'.

Fuzzy set
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Yes

AddictO sub-ontology
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None