Beating a nicotine addiction is one of the toughest things a person can do, but it can be one of the best things for your health. Nicotine usually consumed through smoking, snorting or chewing leaves from the tobacco plant, which all cause cancer and other health problems. But now companies offer synthetic nicotine – a human-made nicotine that offers a nicotine hit without the tobacco.

We talked to Jennifer Cofer, director of the...