Does Quit Smoking Products Work?

Is a quit smoking pill the answer for people who are trying to give up their smoking habit? When a pill claims that it will help you to stop smoking you would expect that it will be effective, but the situation is rather more complicated than this. The reason for this is that there is no one quit smoking pill, but rather a variety of different pills some of which prove to be more effective than others. The way in which people try to give up smoking also has a bearing on the outcome so the result can not just be related to the particular pill they have used.

Before going further it is instructive to quote some statistics. Despite the fact that there are now fewer smokers than a few years ago, today some 45 million Americans are still hooked on tobacco. A British survey found that nearly half of the smokers they interviewed had tried to quit on one or two occasions in the previous year and 8% had succeeded at the time of the survey.

To succeed in giving up smoking you have to overcome two problems. Nicotine withdrawal is the largest of these and this is where pills can help. You also have to break the habits associated with cigarettes. Think about the times where you automatically reach for your cigarettes. Try to vary your routine so that you no longer receive the automatic messages that "this is where I always pull out a cigarette".

There are a number of different pills available to help people to quit. Many are based on herbal supplements which are available over the counter, and others are prescription drugs. All are designed to reduce the craving for nicotine that occurs when you first stop smoking cigarettes. Until recently Zyban was the drug that was commonly prescribed, but there were a number of side effects. Zyban has now been replaced by Chantix manufactured by Pfizer.

So is a quit smoking pill the answer for everyone? On its own, no. There is no pill that will force you to give up smoking cigarettes. The pills serve a useful service in reducing the nicotine craving and, in some cases, making your cigarettes taste foul, but you have to supply the other essential element which is a genuine desire to quit the tobacco habit. Without this clear intention on your part, you are bound to fail and join the ranks of those who continually make a half-hearted attempt to quit but give up after a few days or weeks. So if you really want to quit, make a clear decision and make it today.

The most important rule to remember when stopping smoking is this. Nobody is trying to make you do anything. Please don't think that this article is trying to preach to you about what you should do about your smoking habit, or patronize you by telling you things you already know. It is not trying to make you feel foolish by presenting facts and ideas about smoking, or trying to browbeat you into giving up.

If you decide to press that internal "quitting smoking button" then that is your decision. It is a choice that you must make willingly and be completely committed to. If you do decide to give up then you will do it for your own reasons and on your own terms.

"NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE OR HOW LONG YOU'VE SMOKED, QUITTING NOW WILL HELP YOU LIVE LONGER AND HEALTHIER."

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I had been smoking for thirty-six years until I was diagnosed with Emphysema, I had no choice I had to quit, My Story is about how I managed to go from more than a pack a day to an EX in less than 30 days