Nicotine patch
Parche de nicotina
- Date
- 1979-1986 · confidence medium
- Place
- Socorro, New Mexico, United States
- Credited to
- Frank Etscorn
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Frank Etscorn devised the transdermal nicotine patch, which releases nicotine through the skin to help people quit smoking without the toxic substances in tobacco smoke.
What it led to
- FDA-approved nicotine replacement therapies
- Nicotine gums and inhalers
- Smoking cessation programs
- Inclusion in the WHO list of essential medicines