Nicogel
From Tobacco Products
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Description
Nicogel is a tobacco gel that smokers can substitute for cigarettes. It is to be used when a smoker is in a place where they are not allowed to smoke. It is not a smoking cessation product. To use Nicogel one must take a single press of gel and rub it into your skin. Nicogel comes in 50ml pack. Nicogel contains an extract from the stems of Nicotiana spp.[1]
Claims
- Nicogel provides a convenient and easy alternative to smoking and dipping in public venues that continue to prohibit certain types of tobacco use.[1]
*The product has 1/10th of the tobacco of a cigarette.[1]
- Nicogel rubs in clear and dries odor free.[1]
- Nicogel is probably the world's favorite cigarette replacement.[1]
Product Design Features
- Nicogel is an odorless, water soluble, dermal gel that absorbs quickly into the skin
- Contains (from package): water, extract of tobacco (40% v/v), diethylene
glycol monoethyl ether, guar gum, xanthan gum, sodium metabisulphite
- Dispensed via individual packets and pump container
Images
 Nicogel Box |
 Nicogel Pump |
 Nicogel Packet |
 Nicogel in use |
 Nicogel Billboard Ad |
 Nicogel Print Ad |
Media
Nicogel Highlighted on the BBC
Publications
Industry Documents
Links
Market Testing
- Available in the U.S. at Walgreens Pharmacies and online
Advertising and Selling Messages
- Slogan: “Nicogel – the smoker’s friend”
- Slogan: “Cigarette satisfaction in a hand gel”
- Advertised as “a new cigarette alternative that is satisfying smokers when you can’t smoke”
- Promotion: “Nicogel Packet Giveaway Promotion;” 0.8 ml packets free plus shipping and handling
Packaging
- Comes in a 50 ml pump bottle and 0.8 ml individual packets.
- Packaged in a blue and white box marked with the Nicogel logo and slogans
- Available in 0.8 ml individual packets (free trial)
- Available in 10 packet box for $5.99
- Available in 50 ml bottle for $19.99
Use and the Consumer
- Available in U.S. at Walgreens Pharmacies and via the web
- Available in the UK since April 2006; available worldwide shortly
after
- Free samples are available online through Sunridge Distribution Inc.
Toxicity Analyses
- Not yet conducted or not available
Legal Compliance
- Website disclaimer states “If you are a minor... Nicogel USA does not want you to use our products. They were not developed for you”
Community Response
- No known organized community campaigns
