| Now if I had a dollar for every time I have heard that | | | | YOU HAVE GOT. |
| question, I would be a rich man. "Does Nicotine Gum | | | | So while nicotine chewing gum may help you stop |
| Work?" It really depends what you mean by that | | | | consuming cigarettes, it will not help you get rid of your |
| question. | | | | nicotine addiction. That's a battle you will have to face |
| If it means "Will Nicotine Gum Help Me Stop | | | | on your own, just as if you had stopped smoking cold |
| Cigarettes", then the short answer would be yes. A | | | | turkey. |
| cigarette is nothing more than a very efficient nicotine | | | | The sad reality is that the one-year success rate for |
| delivery system, and a piece of nicotine chewing gum | | | | people who quit smoking tobacco using nicotine gum is, |
| does the same thing, albeit poorly compared to the | | | | according to long-term studies, less than 10%. |
| cigarette. | | | | That means that for every 10 people who quit |
| So assuming you are able to overcome the physical | | | | smoking using gum, in less than a year, 9 of them will |
| habit of smoking, i.e. lighting the cigarette, holding the | | | | be back smoking tobacco. |
| cigarette a certain way, keeping your hands busy, | | | | The problem with nicotine gum, and that goes for |
| distracting you, whatever it is, and the nicotine gum will | | | | nicotine patches as well, is that they are a very |
| help you control your cravings. | | | | inefficient way of ingesting nicotine. As dangerous as it |
| The problem is that while you may have cut out the | | | | is, a cigarette is BY FAR the better nicotine delivery |
| more physically dangerous aspects of smoking, the tar, | | | | system. |
| the 4,000 chemicals, the burning smoke entering your | | | | So while you may stop - for a while - smoking |
| lungs, you are just as addicted as you were before, | | | | cigarettes (or any tobacco) using nicotine gum, as long |
| only now you are addicted to nicotine gum. | | | | as you keep feeding your nicotine addiction, you will |
| Remember, nicotine is a VERY ADDICTIVE DRUG, | | | | NEVER BE FREE. |
| being addicted to it is a disease, and it's a disease | | | | |