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A composition intended to be employed for therapeutic purposes incorporates a source of nicotine and at least one levulinate moiety. Representative forms of nicotine include free base (e.g., as a mixture of nicotine and microcrystalline cellulose), a nicotine salt (e.g., as nicotine bitartrate) or nicotine polacrilex. The levulinate moiety can have the form of an acid (e.g., levulinic acid), a levulinate salt (e.g., sodium levulinate), or an ester of levulinic acid (e.g., methyl levulinate or ethyl levulinate). The composition can incorporate nicotine and levulinic acid in a salt form (e.g., nicotine levulinate). The composition can be composed of at least two forms of nicotine, and one of the forms of nicotine is in the form of nicotine levulinate. The composition is useful for treatment of central nervous system conditions, diseases, and disorders, and as a nicotine replacement therapy.

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