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German Company Launches Nicotine Beer 

NicoShot beer contains 3 milligrams of nicotine alkaloids and is being billed as "the world's first smoking-cessation beer."

Manufacturer Nautilus GmbH Laboratoriumsbedarf said NicoShot is brewed like regular beer, with a tobacco-leaf extract added at the end of the brewing process. The firm is strongly playing up the beer's nicotine content to smokers.

"NicoShot is cigarette satisfaction in a beer without the smoke," according to a company press release. "For most smokers, three cans of NicoShot is comparable to an entire pack of conventional cigarettes. Best of all, there's none of the tar or carbon monoxide the comes from burning tobacco. Similar to nicotine gum, NicoShot is considered nicotine replacement therapy that provides a steady, controlled release of nicotine.

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