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With vaping sale ban, pharmacies ordered to provide free or low-cost nicotine patches and gum
With vaping sale ban, pharmacies ordered to provide free or low-cost nicotine patches and gum
Updated Sep 26, 4:38 PM; Posted Sep 26, 4:26 PM
By Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com
When Gov. Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency over vaping, he included a standing order for pharmacies to provide free or low-cost nicotine patches, gum and lozenges for insured customers — a move that public health advocates say is just as unprecedented as the temporary ban.
But public health officials still need to convince e-cigarette users to make the switch. Instead, the ban’s harshest critics argue that those who vape nicotine products could return to traditional cigarettes, and that all types of vape users could be tempted to turn to a black market that uses the vitamin oil tied to at least some of the severe vaping-related illnesses.
“I have no choice now but to ... go buy patches or gum that never worked for me for 30-something years,” said Jay Wolfe, 46, who smoked on and off for 30 years before switching to a vape in October. “Why’s it going to work now?”
Wolfe, who lives in the Merrimack Valley, plans to drive to New Hampshire to stock up on cartridges for his Suorin Drop, a raindrop-shaped vape that takes cartridges with nicotine e-liquid.
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Updated Sep 26, 4:38 PM; Posted Sep 26, 4:26 PM
By Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com
When Gov. Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency over vaping, he included a standing order for pharmacies to provide free or low-cost nicotine patches, gum and lozenges for insured customers — a move that public health advocates say is just as unprecedented as the temporary ban.
But public health officials still need to convince e-cigarette users to make the switch. Instead, the ban’s harshest critics argue that those who vape nicotine products could return to traditional cigarettes, and that all types of vape users could be tempted to turn to a black market that uses the vitamin oil tied to at least some of the severe vaping-related illnesses.
“I have no choice now but to ... go buy patches or gum that never worked for me for 30-something years,” said Jay Wolfe, 46, who smoked on and off for 30 years before switching to a vape in October. “Why’s it going to work now?”
Wolfe, who lives in the Merrimack Valley, plans to drive to New Hampshire to stock up on cartridges for his Suorin Drop, a raindrop-shaped vape that takes cartridges with nicotine e-liquid.
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