&gt; How many people do you know that have become addicted to nicotine gum or patches?<p>Sweet Mother of Uncontrolled Confounding Factors.<p>OK, let&#x27;s do this. We&#x27;re a weird and diverse crowd. Does anyone here other than the article&#x27;s author have experience with taking nicotine-containing smoking cessation aids purely for their own sake, without previously having been a tobacco user?