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nonaddictive
/ ˌnɒnəˈdɪktɪv /
adjective
- not of, relating to, or causing addiction
Example Sentences
“I like to think it’s the beginning of nonaddictive medicines for pain,” he said.
Scientists have suggested since the 1990s that limiting nicotine in cigarettes to a level that would be nonaddictive might discourage smoking.
Even so, health experts say any effort to decrease nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels would be a radical experiment, one that has never been implemented by any other country.
He said researchers have determined the levels at which nicotine is minimally addictive or nonaddictive.
The FDA also is considering requiring tobacco companies to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels — which Califf has previously indicated he supports.
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