Every time we go to Disney World, someone is breaking the rules. Disney has a strict no-smoking policy at the parks and resorts, except in designated smoking areas. A lot of people ignore this and light one up as they rush from line to line.
Luckily, I’ve not yet seen someone light up while actually on a ride or while in a show. But some of those rides and shows are pretty long (Ellen’s Energy Adventure is about 45 minutes- no joke).
CigRX is a mint flavored lozenge that they claim can help curb your cravings for a smoke. You pop it in your mouth, let it dissolve, and swallow. The active ingredients are Yerba Mate extract (their science page emphasizes that there’s caffeine in Yerba Mate, which is true, but there’s much less caffeine in Mate than there is even in green tea, so I don’t know if this is their selling point or not), and anatabine, which is apparently one of the less addictive feel-good substances found in most cigarettes. According to their site, anatabine is also found in peppers, eggplant, and green tomatoes. It seems as though they’re saying that you could drink coffee and eat fried green tomatoes and curb your appetite for smoking, but that sucking on a lozenge is more convenient.
No other ingredients are listed on their site, and I was unable to find any mention of cigrx side effects. But, if you’re in the middle of Spaceship Earth (about 17 minutes), popping a mint flavored lozenge is certainly more acceptable than lighting one up- or chewing on an eggplant, for that matter.



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