Make Smoking Cessation OTCs As Available As Cigarettes – Petition
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A citizen petition asking FDA to allow OTC nicotine replacement therapy products to be sold wherever cigarettes are sold and at similar prices has been filed by the New York State Department of Health
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