The Health Ministry declared nicotine replacement products as ‘non-poison’ effective yesterday, paving the way for over-the-counter sales to help smokers quit smoking, said its minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

It was done by exempting nicotine from control under the Poisons Act 1952 for products in the form of 'patch' or 'gum' registered under the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984 which are used as aids to stop smoking...