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Object:Packet of Nicorette chewing gum, 1973-83


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Nicotine chewing gum manufactured by Lundbeck, used as an aid to give up smoking. Measures to help smokers break the habit included the widespread promotion of nicotine-substitution products such as chewing gum and skin patches.
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