Nicotine
Nicotine was ranked 398th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 19,460 items, down 21.0% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Nicotine: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Drugs used in substance dependence
- Presentations 15 shown
- Average cost / item £35.90
- Year on year Down 21.0% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Nicotine this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicorette 15mg Inhalator | 0410020B0BBBABZ | 4,025 | £206,290 |
| Nicorette invisi 25mg/16hours patches | 0410020B0BBAVBR | 2,199 | £69,107 |
| Nicotine 21mg/24hours transdermal patches | 0410020B0AAARAR | 1,879 | £68,911 |
| Nicorette invisi 15mg/16hours patches | 0410020B0BBAUAU | 1,507 | £48,841 |
| Nicotinell TTS 20 patches | 0410020B0BCABAQ | 1,360 | £44,155 |
| Nicorette QuickMist 1mg/dose mouthspray freshmint | 0410020B0BBAZBW | 1,039 | £41,608 |
| Nicotine 1mg/dose oromucosal spray sugar free | 0410020B0AABWBW | 762 | £31,187 |
| Nicorette invisi 10mg/16hours patches | 0410020B0BBATAT | 752 | £25,320 |
| Nicotinell TTS 30 patches | 0410020B0BCACAR | 710 | £23,516 |
| Nicotinell TTS 10 patches | 0410020B0BCAAAP | 667 | £20,688 |
| NiQuitin 21mg patches | 0410020B0BDAAAR | 451 | £14,824 |
| NiQuitin Clear 21mg patches | 0410020B0BDADAR | 438 | £12,611 |
| Nicotine 2mg lozenges sugar free | 0410020B0AAAYAY | 414 | £5,384 |
| Nicotine 2mg medicated chewing gum sugar free | 0410020B0AABABA | 410 | £6,079 |
| Nicorette QuickMist 1mg/dose mouthspray cool berry | 0410020B0BBBEBW | 330 | £13,444 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Nicotine is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Nicotine volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Nicotine with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Nicotine is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.