Amazon Basic Care Mini Nicotine Polacrilex Lozenge, 2 mg, Cherry Ice Flavor, Stop Smoking Aid, 135 Count

I have been using the original Nicorette 2 mg mini lozenge however, since their new formula, including a blue minty side, I was looking for an alternative. The Amazon brand is cheaper in price and similar to the original Nicorette lozenge. The Amazon brand initially has a strong minty flavor, but dissipates very quickly. Highly recommend product and it’s always nice when I have $20 extra bucks in my wallet and more of the product.

Very similar to other brands available at drug/big box stores at a better price. Similar quality. Would definitely recommend trying.

i am officially 8 months vape free for the first time in 6+ years! i love these…the first 3-4 days are the hardest, but i believe in you if you’re considering quitting. these made it so much easier to quit. on top of that - my health has skyrocketed. these are an amazing aid in quitting

I tried the mint and the citrus Amazon brand 2mg mini lozenges. I also will compare it to the nicorette 2mg mini lozenges and the habitrol 2mg regular lozenge. Tldr: I would go with Amazon brand if you're concerned about price and want an easy experience. They work fine. And get the mint flavor. If you want to have the lowest price possible go with habitrol 2mg and split them into quarters. If you want the most effective lozenge: go with nicorette mini mint. I probably would start with Nicorette when you're first quitting, then switch to another brand once you get the hang of it. --- I used lozenges to quit vaping, which I've done for many years, and I couldn't believe that I was able to do it. They definitely work. Note that I vaped at a very low nicotine dose: the lowest you can get, so this dose worked just fine for me. What I did to quit is I filled a vape pen with 0mg nicotine to help fight the physical addiction, while at the same time using these lozenges. And I reminded myself every time I used the pen that it had no nicotine so it was doing nothing for me. Telling myself this really helped me use it less and less. Then what I did was I tried to stop using the 0mg pen after my use of it naturally tapered down. Whenever I got an urge to vape, I took one of these and put it under my tongue. I reminded myself it will take a minute or so to kick in so I need to wait and resist the pen. And magically, the urge to pick up the pen disappeared in minutes thanks to this stuff. So this was definitely a success story for me. My only regret is not doing it sooner. Now onto the comparison between this and other options: So the best thing about Amazon brand is the price. You will save a lot of money if you go with this over the nicorette minis. I like the minis over the normal size because it doesn't take up much room in your mouth and the container to hold them is small and fits in your pocket or purse. I like to put them under my tongue as I get the feeling they are irritating and damaging my gums next to my teeth when I put them in my cheek. And the mini size works well for under the tongue. They only downside is the Amazon brand disintegrates faster than nicorette. But it doesn't immediately disintegrate. Just make sure you just park it there and don't rub it with your tongue which will increase the speed of disintegration. The bottle of the Amazon brand doesn't look at flashy as the nicorette brand, which had a stylish curve. Also the nicorette bottle is slightly smaller. But the nicorette bottle has an effective child safety tab on it that is difficult for me to push in. So I prefer the Amazon brand bottle simply because it's easier to open. So far as mint flavor comparison: the Amazon mint is a lot milder than nicorette. The nicorette 2mg mint flavor is much stronger and piercing. In fact, the nicorette was so strong that it was causing the skin under my tongue to get literally raw. I would need to switch it to the other side and I could tell there was some damage to my mouth from it when it sat in one place too long But it healed quickly and wasn't as bad as say a heat burn from hot food. Despite the mouth irritation, I still prefer the nicorette because it just lasts longer and I prefer the flavor. Also, the extra tingling you get from nicorette tricks your mind a bit more to tell you it's working. Now, you should try not to swallow the saliva that has the dissolved pill. I got the feeling that swallowing the saliva with the Amazon brand hurt my stomach more than nicorette. It's probably because nicorette dissolves slower. In either case, it doesn't hurt too much, but I did feel a little ill from these: moreso the citrus flavor over the mint though. On to Amazon brand flavor: the citrus tasted kind of nice at first, but after a few hours the flavor was gross. I think that swallowing the citrus had some ingredient that made me feel ill or had a bad aftertaste. Though I'll still used up the bottle because this stuff is expensive and it still works. I haven't tried the cherry but I definitely prefer mint so far. Now on to comparison to habitrol. Let me say that the first time I tried the 2mg nicorette, it was way too strong. I felt dizzy. However, later on, it didn't have this effect anymore. But I did purchase the 1mg habitrol because of this. Habitrol is the only brand I've found so far with 1mg. I didn't like the habitrol because it was kind of weird. The whole habitrol pill is in layers and it gets a fuzzy texture as the layers dissolve. And they don't have a mini version It's a very mild mint flavor that I think is a little nicer than the Amazon brand. Though it's chalky. I think it's a nicotine and non nicotine layer on the habitrol pill. Also I don't like how big the habitrol pill is. But I may switch to it when I try to quit lozenges because it's the only 1mg pill out there. Note on cost: I was measuring my usage to get the best price and I found that the 2mg habitrol is a MUCH better deal than any of the other brands when I use a pill cutter to cut them into quarters so they're the size of the minis. I used 5.5 mini pills per day of the Amazon brand and 4 big pills per day of the habitrol. This comes up to using $2.4 per day for Amazon and $0.72 per day for habitrol. So a comparison to nicorette gum: the nicorette ice mint gum is absolutely delicious. However I am not able to get it to deliver the nicotine consistently. You're supposed to chew the gum and then park it, then chew and park. It just became a dull flavor and I just couldn't tell if any nicotine was left or not. The lozenges are way more consistent and you always know they're doing their job if they're present. So while I loved the gum flavor, I think I'll stick with the lozenges. Ultimately I'd like to try the patch because I don't like the idea of swallowing nicotine and there is a vague rumor of mouth cancer risk: however this is not confirmed so don't get too worked up about that. But I still think that to satisfy your physical addiction with the mouth, it's good to start out with lozenges. I'm going to try out the patch and if it's effective, I'll just go with that. At first I didn't believe that simply having a patch would be enough to cure the overwhelming desire to inhale vapor and mouth fixation. But after experiencing the powerful effects of delivering nicotine to your bloodstream in any form, I realized that the patch is likely going to work just fine. However, I like the idea of being able to taper down more easily and have more control over my dose with the pills. Okay that's about it. I hope this helps someone else who is trying to decide what to get to quit. And congrats on doing this for yourself! It is totally worth it. I've always been an advocate of vaping to quit cigarettes and hated the scare mongering, but I myself have experienced health effects after vaping for 10 years. For one, handling the nicotine juice caused my fingers to peel. Little bits would get on my hands despite trying to be careful not to let it. This had been going on for about years now and has gotten increasingly worse and awful, even causing my nail bed to separate slightly. I never believed that vaping had caused it, but since quitting my finger pads have already started to turn back to normal. So unfortunately I realize now that the vaping was the likely cause. Another thing is I started suffering from migraines and hormonal headaches for like 5-7 years ago or so. I'm not sure if vaping caused it but now I'm wondering. And lately in the past few months, I've started getting a consistent ear ache that is in the canal that connects to my throat. I realize that the consistent irritation to my nasal passages has likely caused these. I also in the past few months I started developing an issue where i am constantly having to clear my throat to stop sounding like a frog when I talk. To a point where it starts to be embarrassing. It's these symptoms which finally gave me the kick in the butt that I need to change. I'll update later if I find these symptoms were caused by other things. It took me years for these symptoms to start up: but I just wanted to share this to encourage others to quit before these effects build up over time. My ear ache has already started to subside and my frog throat has already reduced a ton. I'm hoping the headaches also reduce, thinking maybe my chronically inflamed sinuses could have been a factor. Good luck to everyone on their journey to better health. And if this was helpful to you consider upvoting.

These are identical to the Nicorette Mint Mini lozenges (white, stamped “L734,” 2mg), but at a much lower price and in larger quantities. They don’t pack quite the same sharp bite as the old Nicorette minis (marked “M”), but they’re significantly better than the bland, low-quality generics I’ve tried from Walmart, CVS, and Target.

I have used the Amazon mint lozenges for (way too long), when they suddenly discontinued the 5 tube packs. I set up a new subscription with the 3 tube packs instead. Unfortunately, I guess I wasn’t paying attention and chose citrus instead of mint. These are the most repugnant flavoured things EVER. They taste nothing like citrus. They taste like cheap banana flavoring. Barf. It’s just disgusting. As in, I’d rather quit altogether than eat these things. My husband put one in his mouth and immediately spit it into the trash. I do not recommend them to anyone. I wish Amazon would bring back the 5 tube mint boxes. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

I finally quit smoking just over 8 months ago, and these lozenges were integral to that. I had the 2mg citrus flavor, but I also used the cherry ice flavor in 2mg and liked those but liked this flavor a little better. They definitely deliver enough nicotine (for me) quickly to take the edge off the craving. For context, I quit smoking while my husband continues to smoke, so realistically I can just walk into his office at any time and steal a cigarette if I wanted to. I didn't want to, and these lozenges definitely helped. In the past I have used other brands and the larger lozenges, but these tasted better, didn't dissolve as "chalky," and weren't taking up a lot of real estate in my mouth. I like to just tuck them in my cheek along the gumline outside my teeth and let them dissolve there, occasionally moving them to the other side etc. I still have them around, but for the most part am not using these any more. I didn't try to wean off the lozenges, it just happened naturally over time. If you really want to quit, find what works for you and stick with it. For me, it was these mini-lozenges.

OVERALL I really like these and will keep it next to my nicotine gum, but it can't fully replace it. Sometimes I like the nicotine to slowly be released into me, other times I need it faster. But some days my teeth hurt and I don't feel like chewing. PROS faster than gum can save yourself from chewing, especially if your teeth hurt Feels like I have a mint in my mouth, tasty CONS can't really control your dose like gum therefore it can be a little bit too fast at sometimes