Is nicotine polacrilex synthetic?

Not exactly. Nicotine polacrilex is a nicotine–polymer complex used in gums/lozenges.

- The “polacrilex” part refers to a synthetic polymer (a polyacrylate resin) that binds nicotine.
- The nicotine in these products is typically derived from tobacco (though nicotine can be synthesized in general), so the overall product isn’t purely synthetic nicotine.

So, the resin is synthetic, but the nicotine component is usually tobacco-derived rather than synthetic nicotine.