Introduction: This study aims to investigate the gastrointestinal recovery effects of the nicotine gum afterlaparoscopic cholecystectomy.Materials and Methods: In this study, 119 patients were randomized into three groups as follows: Sugar–free gum, nicotine gum and control. After laparoscopic cholecystectomy, within an interval of two hours, thegum was chewed for 15 minutes by the gum groups. Demographic features, postoperative first flatus time,first hunger feelings, first defecation time, constipation scores, smoking, and drain usage were recorded.Results: The first flatus time of the Nicotine Gum group was significantly lower than those of the Control group(p=0.018). There was no statistically significant difference between the Sugar–Free Gum and the control group(p=0.992). The nicotine gum group was the first to have defecation in a significantly shorter period than theother two groups (p=0.036, p=0.008, p<0.05). According to smoking in all patients, the first flatus time wasfound to be significantly lower in smokers than in non–smokers (p=0.004). The findings showed that the timeof the first defecation was statistically significantly earlier in the smoker patient group (p=0.015).Conclusion: Nicotine gum used as a sham feeding after laparoscopic cholecystectomy accelerated the recovery of the gastrointestinal system motility. Also, independently of sham feeding, the time of first postoperative gas and defecation were found to have occurred in the earlier period in the patient group of smokers.