It's less expensive and far superior. To break a physical addiction, the substance must be removed, not replaced. The patch, gum, inhaler, and other nicotine replacement therapy aids add nicotine to the body. The Quit Smoking Support System flushes nicotine from the blood and tissue cells, enabling the smoker to quickly escape the physical addiction. Nicotine replacement therapy aids like the patch, gum, and inhaler require a long "weaning" period, and are usually dispensed in increments.

Yes. Some Smokenders participants choose to use the nicotine patch or gum during the program. However, participants looking to use either of these nicotine substitutes should be very careful as to the level they start with. One should calculate how much nicotine one is presently putting into their system (multiply the number of cigarettes by the nicotine level) and then buy the appropriate patch or gum.

Yes. On your quit day, you remove the patch or stop chewing the gum, and you start handling each desire to smoke by following the program.

Finally Free Quit Smoking products are less expensive and far more superior. To break a physical addiction, the substance must be removed form the body, not replaced. The patch adds nicotine to the body. FINALLY FREE of nicotine addiction™ flushes nicotine from the blood and tissue cells enabling the smoker to quickly escape the physical addiction. Because the patch requires a long "weaning" period and is usually dispensed in increments, many smokers do not completely quit.

Hypnosis works to change your habits on a subconscious level. It is very powerful and does not rely on a temporary chemical substitute. Instead of providing you with an alternate source of nicotine, hypnosis works at a deep level within your mind to make you a nonsmoker. Hypnotherapy is a "cold turkey" method of smoking cessation that works!

Of nearly 9,000 smokers and chewers treated in Patricia Allison's clinics, long-term success rates varied from 60% to 73% (not smoking one year after treatment). This is about ten times better than nicotine replacement (patches, gum) and more than twice as effective as prescription Zyban?.

Yes. John Morgan does not recommend attending a John Morgan Smoking Cessation Seminar while continuing with any kind of product containing nicotine.

Your Quit Coach can help you decide if one of these products will work for you. You'll work with the coach to create a plan for quitting, which may include helpful medications such as the patch, gum, or bupropion. Research has shown that these products are much more effective when used in conjunction with behavior counseling.

Both the gum and patch are now available over the counter. In conjunction with a well thought out quitting smoking plan either of these products may help you in the quitting process. Neither is a "magic pill" that will quit for you. The quitting process will still be hard work. The gum or the patch is simply another aid in the quitting process. Both products allow you to slowly taper off the nicotine dosage and help minimize withdrawal symptoms.

We do not recommend nicotine replacement therapy since you are just changing the way in which you get the addictive drug nicotine into your body.

NicoDerm CQ doesn't contain any of the carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) that are found in cigarettes. This is why NicoDerm CQ is safe enough to be sold without a doctor's prescription, and why it's proven in helping millions of smokers quit safely. NicoDerm CQ gives you a reduced amount of nicotine to help calm your cravings and irritability so you can focus on the emotional aspects of your habit. With NicoDerm CQ, you use less and less nicotine until you're not using any.

The Zero Nicotine formula is primarily based around our proprietary herbal blend. It is safe and non-addictive, and it can provide your "nicotine receptor cells" with the same sensation provided by nicotine. The difference is that you won't crave the sensation anymore after finishing the Zero Nicotine formula.

Nicotine replacement programs (like patches, gums, and lozenges) perpetuate an aspect of smoking addiction--the addiction to nicotine. It would be like giving someone on a diet a piece of chocolate cake to help them lose weight. Quit For Sure doesn't keep the addiction to nicotine going and just remove cigarettes. Quit For Sure helps you end both your smoking AND nicotine addictions without withdrawal or side effects.

Nicotine is processed very quickly- it will exit your body within a day of its consumption. However, this rapid metabolism also causes nicotine withdrawal symptoms to start the day you quit. Fortunately, these symptoms can be controlled with nicotine replacement therapy or will resolve on their own within a week.

A steady amount of nicotine is slowly released into your bloodstream while you wear the patch. This is approx 0.9 mg of nicotine per hour while you are wearing the Step 1 patch.Your personal level of addiction plays a role in how fast the Nicotrol patch will satisfy your cigarette cravings.

The nicotine begins to be absorbed into your bloodstream as soon as an appropriate area of your skin makes contact with the patch.

Studies have shown that it is much easier to give up the patch than it would be to give up cigarettes for two reasons. First, we usually develop cravings for things that provide immediate satisfaction, like chocolate. With the patch, the nicotine level in your body stays relatively constant day after day. There is no immediate satisfaction, so there is little craving for a patch. Secondly, anything you do often such as smoking becomes a habit.

Answer: Cig-Arette™ is less expensive and far superior. To break a physical addiction, the substance must be removed, not replaced. The patch, gum, inhaler, and other nicotine replacement therapy aides add nicotine to the body. The Cig-Arette™ System flushes nicotine from the blood and tissue cells, enabling the smoker to quickly escape the physical addiction.

The way the traditional nicotine patch works is that by breaking your body’s desire for nicotine slowly over time so you should get rid of your wish to smoke. When addicted to nicotine you get so called “spikes” in your body’s craving - a spike where the body is “hungering” for nicotine. These spikes can come every hour for some, if not even more frequently, while for others these spikes may occure twice a day, for instance.

Cotinine is a metabolic byproduct of nicotine. Nicotine replacement medications produce cotinine just as tobacco does. FBR should be advised if nicotine is available to the patient in pharmacological form. While the association between low birthweight and easy delivery may invite continued cigarette usage during pregnancy, pregnant patients should be cautioned that low birthweight is also associated with increased likelihood of neonatal intensive care admission.

Yes and no. Nicotine replacement products do work by helping the individual wean himself/herself off of nicotine. This is done by "stepping down" from a higher concentrated gum or patch to a lower concentrated form to an even lower concentrated form until the person no longer craves the nicotine. This method should be used in conjunction with behavior modification. The individual needs to learn how to actually "live" without tobacco.

Yes. Please carefully read our warnings and cautions. Should you have any further concerns please consult your doctor before using any form of nicotine gum.

Nicorette doesn't contain any of the other addictive substances and carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) that are found in cigarettes. This is why Nicorette is safe enough to be sold without a doctor's prescription, and why it's proven in helping millions of smokers quit safely. Nicorette gum gives you a reduced amount of nicotine to help calm your cravings and irritability so you can focus on the emotional aspects of your habit.

The nicotine skin patch is one nicotine replacement product available over the counter to relieve some of the withdrawal symptoms people experience when they quit smoking. The nicotine patch was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991.

Once it is opened it will last approximately 1 month of daily usage. We recommend keeping the cap on tight to prevent evaporation of the peppermint oil.

You put the patch directly over the painful area. The anesthetic lidocaine goes from the patch to the damaged nerves that are causing the pain. When it contacts the damaged nerves under the skin, the lidocaine calms them and makes them less sensitive. It eases the pain without numbing the skin. Another way the lidocaine patch can ease pain is by protecting the sensitive skin from rubbing of clothing and bedsheets.

Causes withdrawal symptoms when the addictive substance (in this case, nicotine) is not kept high enough.