In Borania many people who want to quit smoking wear nicotine skin patches, which deliver small doses of nicotine through the skin  Beginning next month, these patches can be purchased without a doctor' s prescription
Although nonprescription patches will be no more effective than those obtained by prescription and will be equally expensive, patch manufacturers are nevertheless predicting that the patches' new nonprescription status will boost sales, which have slowed considerably in recent years
Many smokers who want to quit smoking feel that they cannot afford to visit a doctor for a prescription.