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NRT Smoking Cessation Aids In Canada Report Offers A Comprehensive Guide To The Size And Shape Of The Market At A National Level

DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-November 13, 2007 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=342831) has announced the addition of "NRT Smoking Cessation Aids in Canada" to their offering.

Our NRT Smoking Cessation Aids in Canada report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2001-2006), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2011 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: NRT gum, NRT patches, NRT inhalators, other

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares

Why buy this report?

- Get a detailed picture of the smoking cessation aids industry

- Pinpoint growth sectors and trends and identify factors driving change

- Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands

- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop

Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Face Weak Demand and New Regulations

Although Canada has seen an increase in demand for natural and organic products, this trend has provided little relief for vitamins and dietary supplements, many of which have continued to decline, due to weak demand and new strict regulations. Herbal supplements in particular are facing hard times. Canadians, especially older people, are concerned about product safety and mistrust product claims. Furthermore, continuous product warnings and recalls issued by Health Canada, albeit at a lower rate than early in the review period, do not provide good publicity for the products.

Drugstores Going Strong and Lead Distribution of OTC Drugs

Drugstores remain the leading distribution channel for OTC medications in Canada. This is due to the fact that many Canadians seek professional pharmacists' advice on the use and side effects of medications, as well as to the regulations set by Health Canada that require many drugs to be distributed through pharmacies. Also encouraging more purchases at drugstores are retailers' efforts to expand services and product lines, including those that are non-health related (beauty care first and foremost).

Canadians Are Slow To Embrace Internet Sales of Medications

Internet sales of OTC drugs remain slow and small, in spite of the rising number of Canadians shopping on-line. Canadians are not sure about the safety of the drugs sold on-line and the reliability of the retailers. Further contributing to consumer reluctance to purchase drugs on-line are recent reports on health complications and death due to the use of drugs bought on-line, which were featured in national media. The incidents prompted warnings from the authorities cautioning Canadians about medications purchases on the Internet.

Companies mentioned:

- CE Jamieson & Co Ltd

- Pharmascience Inc

- Swiss Herbal Remedies Ltd

- Apotex Inc

- CV Technologies Inc

For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=342831

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