Check the labels on dietetic foods and sugar-free candy and gum.

They also offer sugar-free candy and sugar-free chocolate.

The sugar-free candies cost $7.95 for an eight-ounce package at Balducci's, 424 Avenue of the Americas (Ninth Street).

Limit the use of sugar-free candies or gum made with sugar alcohol (sorbitol).

Eat low-calorie, healthful foods (such as carrot or celery sticks, sugar-free hard candies) or chew gum when the urge to smoke strikes so you can avoid weight gain.

Restricted stock, though, "is not like sugar-free candy," said Mr. Elson, who said institutions like the discipline involved in paying with stock rather than options.

Chew sugar-free gum or suck on sugar-free candy to reduce the desire to nibble.

Sucking on a sugar-free candy or lozenges can also help to increase throat secretions and keep her throat from being dry.

Sucking on sugar-free candy or chewing sugar-free gum can stimulate the flow of saliva.

It is used in sugar-free candies, cookies (biscuits), chocolate, and ice cream.