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Coronavirus: France bans online sales of nicotine products

2020-04-26

[It sure seems odd that when there is a hint of good news--especially something that Big Pharma can't profit from--it gets bans or simply demonized.]
[BBC] France has banned the online sale of nicotine products and limited their sale in pharmacies, after researchers suggested that nicotine may play a role in protecting against coronavirus.

The new rules cover products like nicotine gum and patches, designed to help people stop smoking.

Last week, data from a Paris hospital indicated that smokers were statistically less likely to be admitted for treatment for Covid-19.

Trials are set to continue in France.

France has reported nearly 22,000 coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the outbreak earlier this year.

Posted by:Clem

#6 Same reason it's a pain to get nitrile gloves on Amazon -- reserved for people who need it. The French may be jumping the gun, or getting ahead of hoarding.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-04-26 17:41

#5 The causal chain underlying this might not have anything to do with a potential therapy.

Poss cause Xsmokers have an excuse to take it up again.

Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-26 16:07

#4 Since apparently the statistical anomaly only concerns current smokers this run on nicotine products for ex-smokers makes little sense.

For all we know some trace chemical in tobacco smoke has some positive effect but only if inhaled.

And of course correlation does not imply causation. The causal chain underlying this might not have anything to do with a potential therapy.

Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-04-26 15:45

#3 ^But wavecicle makes sense? How about "prisoner's dilemma"?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 12:48

#2 That nicotine (or inhaling anything into the lungs) could be a benefit sure as heck seems quite counter-intuitive.

Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 12:35

#1 Aw, shucks, you mean we can't use "COVID-19" as the cause of death and must use "lung carcinoma" now?

Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 11:54

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