Quit Smoking - How to Quit Smoking - Cold Turkey or Progressive Quitting

How to Quit Smoking - Cold Turkey or Progressive Quitting

There are different ways in which you can quit smoking. It is important to take a look at the two main methods, cold turkey and progressive quitting, and to compare their pros and cons. This will allow you to pick the one which is likely to work best for you.

When you choose to quit smoking using the cold turkey method, you have to stop using any tobacco products instantly. You must not smoke even a single cigarette per day. The major advantage of this method is that you eliminate everything that has to do with smoking from your life. You get rid of the cigarettes, ashtrays and lighters. This will help you get used to life without tobacco and without nicotine in particular.

The main drawback of the cold turkey method for quitting smoking is that the withdrawal symptoms are usually quite severe. You will experience nicotine cravings as you are physically addicted to this substance. Due to the lack of additional amounts of nicotine in your body, you may experience stress, anxiety, depression, restlessness, insomnia and even aggression. Increased heart rate, sweating, dizziness and headaches are among the most common physical symptoms that you will have to go through. The good news is that you can use nicotine replacement therapy to help you overcome these side effects.

Progressive quitting is all about reducing the number of cigarettes that you smoke per day until the number reaches zero. This method is more relaxed and those who use it experience fewer and less severe nicotine withdrawal symptoms. It will be easier for you to control yourself as you know that you are allowed a number of cigarettes per day. In general, this is the easier of the two methods.

The problem with quitting progressively is that it is not as effective as cold turkey. At least, this is what doctors conclude based on statistical data. It is very hard, especially for heavy smokers, to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke gradually. Even though the physical addiction to nicotine may be reduced a bit, the habit of smoking remains and this is what dooms the method to failure, according to most experts.

Overall, it is up to you to decide how to quit smoking. It has been found that the cold turkey method helps smokers with different levels of addiction. Progressive quitting, on the other hand, is most likely to work for those who smoke a fairly small number of cigarettes per day.

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NicoDerm CQ is a three step program.You start with the highest level of medicine and gradually step down your dose.Reduce withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving, associated with quitting smoking.

Stop-It Smoking is a 2-Part smoking cessation kit designed to help you quit smoking without the use of nicotine.
It works by reducing tobacco cravings, nervous tension and irritability related to nicotine withdrawal.

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To Increase Your Success in Quitting:

1. You must be motivated to quit.
2. Use Enough - Chew at least 9 pieces of Nicorette per day during the first six weeks.
3. Use Long Enough - Use Nicorette for the full 12 weeks
4. Use with a support program as directed in the enclosed User's Guide.