Patent ID: 8728443

Claim:
A method of producing a nicotine delivery product, the method comprising: combining (i) a mixture comprising nicotine, a cation exchange resin and water, wherein the water content of the mixture is between 5 and 75 wt. % relative to the whole mixture, wherein said mixture is a wet mixture and has a release rate of nicotine of at least 70% over a 10 minute period; and (ii) further components of the nicotine delivery product, wherein either the mixture (i) is produced by a method which comprises a step (a) of mixing nicotine, a cation exchange resin and water and a subsequent step (b) of removing up to 85 wt. % of the water, or wherein the mixture (i) is produced by a method which does not comprise a step of removing water; wherein the nicotine delivery product is selected from nicotine-containing chewing gums, nicotine-containing lozenges, nicotine-containing pastilles, nicotine-containing tablets and nicotine-containing patches.