One Million Boxes of Over-the-Counter Smoking Cessation Products Sold in January 2008

4 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare nowadays announced that it sold one million boxes of smoking cessation products in Jan 2008, which includes NicoDerm CQ patches, Nicorette gum, and Commit lozenges. The Modern Year is the most usual age for smokers to stab and quit, unfortunately, lousy with of them fail without the correct tools and support.

With exceeding than 44 million smokers in this country, common people must as multiplied protected and forcible options as feasible to nourishment them quit. NicoDerm CQ allows smokers to wean off nicotine gradually and safely. The product is formulated with a patented SmartControl technology to management the proceeds of nicotine and cure intent cravings. Smokers repeatedly participation withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability, vein depression, and nervousness, as able-bodied as nicotine cravings, when they abruptly drop out smoking.

The FDA- approved labelling for NicoDerm CQ and other therapeutic nicotine products states that it reduces these withdrawal symptoms. This wealth the smoker has a non-stop defence to brush the nicotine cravings. Thanks to 1996, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare's family of over-the- counter smoking cessation products, NicoDerm CQ patch, Nicorette gum and Commit lozenge, and personalized counseling and block funds own helped enhanced than five million smokers check out smoking.

Facts from bounteous than 100 clinical trials among augmented than 35,000 cats annex established the safety and efficacy profile of therapeutic nicotine for crowned smoking cessation. These products are available without a doctor's prescription, in supple dosing options at and than 35,000 retail outlets across the country.

We are thrilled to espy so bountiful general public trying to influence their distinct year started in a healthy form by quitting smoking.

Nevertheless we be read for some people, this is not an manifest addiction to break, and we wish to remind them of the unharmed options to wean them off of nicotine -- approximative NicoDerm CQ -- which are easily available to maintenance cooperate their abdicate attempts," said Worth Slivka, Vise Head of the state Smoking Control, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

To console humans to depart smoking for the rest of 2008, GSK Consumer Healthcare is offering a free lunch NicoDerm CQ placebo patch or a 20-count box of Nicorette Cinnamon Surge to consumers. The placebo patch is available online at www.NicodermCQ.com. It is intended to occurrence smokers that the NicoDerm CQ patch is easily done to use, comfortable and discrete. Nicorette gum is available by calling 1-800-NICORETTE.

These offers testament cooperation smokers decide if NicoDerm CQ or Nicorette is the genuine preference for their bow out attempt. Quitting smoking is the most considerable course smokers can revenue to boost their health -- and it's and one of the most difficult. By developing innovative original products and bed systems to correct the cease experience, GSK Consumer Healthcare is working to inspire and enable every smoker to quit.

Approximately NicoDerm CQ NicoDerm CQ is the best-selling smoking cessation patch in story and has helped millions of smokers quit. It is further the quantity one doctor-recommended patch to stop smoking. When used as directed, NicoDerm CQ allows a smoker to gradually adjust to having less nicotine until eventually he doesn't call for any at all. NicoDerm CQ step-down therapy is available in three strengths, 7mg, 14mg and 21 mg.

About GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GSK Consumer Healthcare is one of the world's largest over-the-counter consumer healthcare products companies. About GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline -- one of the world's salient research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies -- is dedicated to improving the merit of human lifetime by enabling tribe to accomplish more, mood bigger and aware longer. For gathering hookup visit: http: www.gsk.com.