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The reimbursement by the Social Security of these nicotine substitutes largely explains the sharp rise in these sales.
Sales of nicotine substitutes to stop smoking are exploding in France. More than 300,000 French people have been buying it every month since last September, reveals franceinfo on Thursday, November 29th, as the "Month Without Tobacco" operation ends.
"It's a record, we've never had so many people benefiting from a stop-badist treatment"says Aurélie Lermennier-Jeannet of the Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction.
If sales of patches, chewing gums and lozenges have increased significantly, it is because the government has introduced in recent months the reimbursement of these substitutes by the Social Security to help people quit smoking.
Until then, smokers could benefit from 150 euros of reimbursement a year of nicotine substitutes. Since May, there is no more ceiling and no more money in pharmacy. As a result, doctors' prescriptions jumped + 66% over last year. Nearly 40% of the patches or chewing gums on the market are reimbursed by the Sécu and 100% of substitutes will be reimbursed by January 1st.
With the pack of cigarettes soon to 10 euros and reimbursement by social security nicotine substitutes, the government hopes to reach France in the first generation of non-smoking adults in 15 years.
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