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Consumer Issues
editI've removed this entire section as it amounted to an advertisement which I suspect the company itself had a hand in, again violating wikipedia's policies. Posting here for good measure in case of reversion. Remember to keep it NPOV. 12.73.195.61 (talk) 20:43, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
Health Effects
editOne anonymous editor has removed the following information twice: "Bill Whalen, co-developer of Nicogel, claims that the product contains no carcinogens or cancer-causing agents, and has 1/10th of the nicotine of a cigarette.[1]" Personally, I believe the information should remain in the article. I think it's important to note that it's co-developer claims there are no carcinogens, etc. Any thoughts? —— Old american century 06:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
This article reads like a press release. I assume it was written by the manufacturer. It doesn't even mention that the product contains nicotine nor that it is addictive. Strike anyone else as odd? News "articles" like that on nbc4.com are not valid or acceptable sources of facts, they are paid placement advertisements like this terrible wikipedia entry, except wikipedia repeats their crap for free. I agree with the above poster that the comment by Bill Whalen /could/ stay, if there were any competing information, however everything here is a press release. I'd say the required balance would include: nicotine is highly addictive by itself, this is one of many nicotine replacement therapies for people with tobacco product addictions (see nicotine gum, nicotine patch), nicotine itself carries some health risks (although the american heart association is a fan of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)), and this type of product has a substantially increased risk of being used on someone else without their knowledge. There's nothing wrong with this product, necessarily, but give me a break.
- I created the article from the only sources I could find. Nicogel itself is notable, and deserves an article. With this article, we are making due with the information we have available. More should become available in time. I personally don't see why nbc4.com is necessarily not trustworthy; the reader should understand how to read wikipedia articles and determine whether or not the references are reliable. I don't feel it's appropriate to discuss nicotine in depth in this article; readers can view nicotine for that information. Feel free to add, remove, or tidy-up the article as you see fit. I just edited the article to include it's not FDA-approved and has not undergone independent testing re: toxicity/nicotine levels. Thanks for the concern on the quality of the article. --'oac' (old american century) | Talk 19:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Whoever keeps editing this article should not be using news stories to get their information. This is a tobacco product, not a nicotine product. In many articles and on their website, there are no claims about carcinogens. And Bill Whalen is not the co-developer of the product. It was developed in the UK.
Recent Edits
editA few IP users have been editing a lot (which is fine), except when they were through there was terrible formatting and all citations were removed. I reverted back to the last date that had citations, so some of the copyediting, etc., etc. was lost. Anyone interested in fixing this should view the history and include what was lost with this last revert.—oac old american century talk @ 20:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)