- NicoShot
NicoShot is a brand of
beer manufactured by the German companyNautilus GmbH Laboratoriumsbedarf , to be sold in theUnited States . Its main feature is its 3 milligramnicotine content. It is aimed at smokers who are trying to quit, much like nicotine patches or gum. It has many of the same advantages and disadvantages of the latter two quitting methods, i.e. it effectively relieves the smoker of the urge to light a cigarette, but is not a 'cure' for smoking and cannot be used permanently as a replacement for smoking.The new beer was initially announced on June 5,
2005 , at a time when an increasing amount of pressure (such assmoking ban s in public places) was being put on smokers for them to quit.Composition of the beer
A 250 ml can contains:
* 3 milligrams of naturally derived nicotine alkaloids
* 63 calories
* 4.5 carbohydrates
* 6.3% vol. alcoholThree cans of NicoShot are roughly equivalent to smoking a whole pack of
cigarettes .References
* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/200516/6/prwebxml247959.php Nautilus press release]
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