Patent ID: 6024097
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A method of assisting a smoker in giving up the smoking habit which comprises providing a plurality of pump operated aerosol dispensers each of which contains nicotine in liquid form dispersed in at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and each of which has an outlet bore through which the nicotine and carrier can be sprayed in droplet form, the percentage by volume of nicotine in each dispenser being different to the percentage by volume of nicotine in each other dispenser, and using each dispenser in turn, commencing with the one having the highest nicotine content and terminating with the one having the lowest nicotine content, by spraying in droplet form the carrier and the liquid nicotine in a predetermined volume into the oral cavity so that the droplets impinge on the mucous membranes and the nicotine is absorbed thereby without significant quantities' of nicotine entering the respiratory tract.