France restricted sales of nicotine substitutes after new research suggested nicotine may offer some protection against infection by the new coronavirus. The Health Ministry said in a decree it aimed to avoid a shortage of products such as nicotine patches for patients and to prevent the wrong use - and overuse - of substitutes used to fight nicotine dependence.
Under the decree, pharmacies are not allowed to sell more than a month's worth of substitutes until May 11 when France is to begin easing lockdown measures and reopening schools. The decree also said that online sales were suspended.
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