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If you¡¯ve decided to quit smoking, there are many products on the market to help you. The most important thing to remember is that these products cannot make you quit smoking. You must have the desire to quit first. The desire can come from wanting better health or just because cigarettes are expensive, but there must be a willingness to quit. There are various ways to get help with stopping the smoking, from support groups to gum. Some stop smoking aids contain nicotine and some don¡¯t, but most of them will ease your nicotine cravings and lessen the severity and frequency of the urges.
Nicotine chewing gums are one way to quit smoking and are recommended for a period of about 3 months. They come in a low nicotine dose and a high nicotine dose and should be chewed once each hour. After chewing for several minutes, the gum should be placed between the cheek and the gums, allowing the nicotine to absorb through the skin. The problem with nicotine gums is that they have a taste and a sensation that many people don¡¯t enjoy. If you¡¯re using this method, you might need to make yourself use the gum until you get used to it.
Nicotine replacement patches are another of the cessation aids that does contain nicotine. Instead of smoking the nicotine, your body is given nicotine through the skin, without the harmful tar and gasses related to smoking. The nicotine is absorbed through the skin at a very low, constant rate, keeping nicotine in your blood stream to lessen the cravings of a cigarette. Nicotine replacement therapy is reportedly the most successful aid to help smokers kick the habit, particularly if the smoker is in the habit of smoking within the first 30 minutes of waking up. It is recommended that you wear the nicotine replacement patches for 8 to 12 weeks, or follow the instructions on any prescription you may have. Apply them to areas of the body where hair does not grow much, like the upper arm. Some of the problems with wearing the patches are sleeplessness and itching or redness where the patch is. You can lesson the itching and redness by moving the patch to the opposite arm after each change.
You can also purchase nicotine nasal sprays which are squirted directly into the nasal passages for almost instant absorption by the body. The sprays can be used once in each nostril, 32 doses per day. For particularly heavy smokers, this method is helpful and should be used for only 3 months. Similar to the nose spray is the inhaler which is also squirted into the nasal passages. Other methods of receiving nicotine are tablets and lozenges which are held in the mouth until absorbed completely.
Zyban, which works by tablet form and is prescribed by a physician, is one non-nicotine way to seriously reduce cigarette cravings. People who use it report that it works very well without replacing one nicotine form with another. It is recommended that the smoker take this prescription for a week, and then choose a date during the second week to stop smoking. The medication works in the brain rather than by nicotine. Side effects can include headaches, dry mouth and sleeplessness. Other non-nicotine help includes herbal cigarettes that provide hand-to-mouth stimulation, but do not contain anything to help the cravings, mouthwash which is supposed to make cigarettes taste bad, yoga or even hypno-therapy. No matter what method of smoke cessation you choose, stick with it and you can kick the habit just like thousand of people have done before you.
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