9/06/2012

Most people will acknowledge that it is difficult to stop-smoking. Smoking is one of the most addictive habits that there is and is quickly becoming very anti social. No longer is everyone given an ashtray and encouraged to smoke at work or at home.



Today, smoking is not encouraged anywhere we go. Yet many people still smoke because they have tried to stop-smoking and cannot. One method you can use to stop-smoking is nicotine gum. Nicotine gum can be found in your local drugstore and is used as a substitute for cravings that you will get for cigarettes when you stop-smoking. You can pop in a piece of nicotine gum when you feel the urge for a cigarette.



Some people stop-smoking cold-turkey. This means that they just give up the cigarettes and do not look back. They do not taper off smoking. They do not set a date. They just decide they want to quit and do so. Cold turkey is the most difficult way to stop-smoking.



The slang term is used because when someone quit heroin (of which cigarette smoking is more addictive), they got bumps on their flesh that resembled that of a turkey.



Going cold turkey is the most difficult way to stop-smoking but the most effective. Once you make up your mind to quit smoking, toss the remaining pack away along with lighters and other paraphernalia and substitute nicotine gum when you have a craving for a cigarette. The nicotine gum contains nicotine and will give you the satisfaction that you crave from a cigarette.



Nicotine gum helps with the cravings but does not give you something to do with your hands, which is a complaint of many cigarette smokers. You will have to find something else to do with you hands while you are chewing the gum. You can try needlework, playing video games, or even typing - to name a few things.



You are not meant to use nicotine gum for a long period of time. It is generally used to get you over the initial cravings of cigarette smoking. Once you have gotten over the cravings, you can then stop using the gum. Like cigarettes, nicotine gum has a health hazard, although it is not nearly as unhealthy as inhaling hot smoke into your lungs.



You can stop-smoking by using nicotine gum. Whether or not you choose to go cold turkey is up to you. Substitute the gum for the cigarette whenever you get the cravings and then start to taper off of the gum after a few days.



After 48 hours, the physical dependency that you have for cigarettes subsides. After that, the addiction is psychological. If you have wanted to stop-smoking but did not think that you could, you should try nicotine gum.
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