| If you're looking for a viable smoking cessation therapy | | | | urge to smoke a cigarette. Always wait at least fifteen |
| that works you may want to seriously consider using | | | | minutes after drinking cola beverages, milk, tea, coffee |
| nicotine gum. This product was developed to simulate | | | | and fruit juices before chewing the gum. This will |
| the increase and decrease of nicotine in your system | | | | prevent the acid in the liquids from diminishing the |
| that is similar to the cycle that occurs when someone | | | | effectiveness of the product and from causing an |
| smokes a cigarette. Many users of this product | | | | upset stomach. If you don't find the taste of the gum |
| confess that initially they were skeptical of its ability to | | | | offensive or disgusting you can begin chewing |
| help them quit smoking but after trying it they admit | | | | immediately after waking up in the morning. Additionally, |
| they were amazed at how good it does at delivering | | | | you can follow a more regimented schedule by |
| the same kind of feeling they get from their habit of | | | | chewing one piece every hour. This is particularly |
| cigarette smoking. | | | | effective if you're not considered a heavy smoker. |
| Typically, the gum comes in 2-milligram and 4-milligram | | | | How To Properly Use Nicotine Gum |
| doses. Although you have the option to chew as | | | | 1 - Start slowly by chewing once or twice to see if |
| many as thirty pieces of the 2-milligram gum each day | | | | you can taste the gum. If not then continue to slowly |
| most consumers average between eleven and | | | | chew until you taste the gum. |
| sixteen pieces for their smoking cessation needs. For | | | | 2 - Once you taste the gum place it between your |
| users of the 4-milligram one the average users takes | | | | cheek and your gum line. After the taste begins to |
| about ten pieces a day with an upper limit of twenty | | | | dissipate chew it again. Once the taste returns place it |
| pieces. Interestingly enough, many medical experts | | | | back into its spot between your cheek and gum line. |
| recommend that most people stick to using the | | | | Repeat this process once every minute or two |
| 2-milligram nicotine gum instead of the more powerful | | | | minutes. The normal cycle should continue for between |
| 4-milligram version based on the greater likelihood of | | | | twenty to thirty minutes at which time it should be |
| side effects occurring and the possibility of a nicotine | | | | thrown away. Remember to avoid drinking any liquids |
| addiction remaining in place. Always check with your | | | | while chewing the gum. |
| doctor or physician to make sure you use the proper | | | | Nicotine gum can be an effective way to quit smoking. |
| strength prior to use. | | | | Remember to use between ten to thirty pieces a day. |
| Keep in mind that if you choose to use the gum in your | | | | Never exceed the maximum of thirty pieces in a day |
| anti-smoking program, its effectiveness can be | | | | and as your urge to smoke decreases you should |
| significantly increased when used in a combination with | | | | gradually reduce the number of pieces of gum you |
| other quit smoking products. When using the 2-milligram | | | | chew on a daily basis. |
| one feel free to chew a piece every time you feel the | | | | |