| Stop smoking aids can be wonderful tools for smokers | | | | of success are only at 8%. |
| who are desiring to quit. Many get a bad reputation for | | | | Zyban is an anti-depressant medication that was |
| any number of reasons. Ultimately, many people who | | | | found to be effective in helping people quit smoking. It |
| are trying to stop smoking decide to use a specific | | | | requires a prescription and close medical follow up, as |
| stop smoking aid based on another person's | | | | all anti-depressant medications do. This has also been |
| experience. Stop smoking message boards are littered | | | | shown to double your success of quitting cigarettes |
| with people asking the same questions, "Has anyone | | | | over that of cold turkey alone. |
| used The Patch?" or "My neighbor used Chantix and | | | | Chantix is the newest kid on the block and seems to |
| had a bad experience, has anyone else used it?". It | | | | offer the greatest chance of success. It too is |
| seems that in this current age of easy access to data, | | | | available only by prescription. It arrived with much |
| people are simply trying to get as much information on | | | | fanfare, but has since received some bad press in the |
| the quit experience as they can before truly | | | | last few years over its potential side-effects. |
| committing to the attempt. Who can blame them? | | | | However, it does offer a potential success rate of |
| Arming yourself with as much quality information as | | | | around 20% which is by far the highest of the |
| possible, is key when trying to stop smoking. | | | | traditional front-line stop smoking aids. |
| Unfortunately, for the person wanting to quit, they are | | | | So, what is the important element people miss out on |
| missing out on an important element which could define | | | | when they make their selection of what method to |
| their outcome. But before we get to this, let's look at | | | | use to help them quit smoking? They simply forget to |
| some of the front-line stop smoking aids available. | | | | consider that their smoking habit is their own. It is as |
| The nicotine replacement therapies have been around | | | | individual as a fingerprint. Although, many people who |
| for a long time and have been studied by the medical | | | | smoke share similar triggers, as well as other facets of |
| community rather intently. They are exactly what they | | | | their smoking habit, the combination of the physiological |
| sound like, nicotine replacement for the nicotine found in | | | | addiction and behavioral cues are ultimately unique to |
| the cigarette. This type of therapy typically doubles | | | | that individual. This is why anyone who smokes, must |
| your chances of quitting over quitting cold turkey. | | | | match up their habits, personality, tendencies, habit and |
| Some forms of nicotine replacement are over the | | | | addiction to the stop smoking method that best suits |
| counter, while others require a prescription. This | | | | that profile. Current success rates would be much |
| obviously impacts the price quite a bit. Many people | | | | higher for all stop smoking aids, if this simple step were |
| feel the price may be too expensive if their chances | | | | followed. |