Abstract: Chewing gum which is a substitute for tobacco smoke, formed into three 3 g strips, characterized in that each strip contains not more than 25 wt % of a gum base and not more than 0.4 mg of nicotine dispersed in the gum base. The invention provides a nicotine-containing gum which simulates cigarette smoking (by providing a level of nicotine retention in the blood and saliva very similar in intensity and duration to that due to cigarette smoking), without accompanying problems with respect to unpleasant taste, poor chewing characteristics and undesirable side-effects.

Abstract: A flavored liquid filling composition for chewing gum comprising an aqueous solution of preselected sugars and containing 75% solids, liquid sorbitol in the proportion of 8 to 13% by weight of the liquid filling, and a solution of selected flavoring in propylene glycol in the proportion of 2 to 5% by weight of the liquid filling.