Suggested US Smoking Cessation Roadmap Destinations: Fast Track, Incentives, Indications

Potential changes in FDA’s consideration of NRT proposals stated in recent New England Journal of Medicine article by smoking cessation advocates. Cigarettes, “deadliest form of nicotine delivery,” are “subject to limited oversight,” but "products marketed to help people quit smoking face far more substantial regulatory barriers,” they write.

Progress toward expanding smoking cessation options in the US and increasing the number of smokers who quit could come from changes in regulatory processes so innovations in nicotine replacement therapies have a better chance for success, advocates suggest.

A roadmap for potential changes in the Food and Drug Administration’s consideration of NRT proposals was provided in a recent...