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Date:5/28/2008

r healthcare products companies. Its more than 30 well-known brands include the leading smoking cessation products, Nicorette(R), NicoDerm(R) and Commit(R), NiQuitin and Nicabate, as well as many medicine cabinet staples such as Abreva(R), Aquafresh(R), Sensodyne(R) and Tums(R). GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare continues to develop innovative products to help all smokers find their best support system and achieve their goal of being cigarette free.

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NOTE: GlaxoSmithKline distributes Nicorette(R) gum, Nicoderm(R) patch and Commit(R) lozenge the United States. Outside of the U.S., its smoking cessation patch and lozenge are marketed as Nicabate(R) in Australia and NiQuitin(R) in other countries.

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