Ways To Quit

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

It’s important to know that you get addicted to nicotine when you smoke, not to tobacco.

Tobacco is lethal, nicotine is not.

The best way to quit smoking is to swap cigarettes for something safer that gives you nicotine. These products are called nicotine replacement therapy or NRT. When you quit using tobacco, your health gets much better quickly.

Your NRT Options

There are many kinds of NRT, like patches, gum, lozenges, and inhalators. It’s best to use two kinds together. Most people use patches along with another fast-acting product-like gum or an inhalator. This helps because patches give a slow and steady amount of nicotine all day, and the other products give a quick burst when you feel like you really need it.

Heres how they work:

Nicotine patches

You put them on your skin every day. They come in different strengths depending on how much you smoke. They give you a steady amount of nicotine.

Nicotine Gum and Lozenges

You chew the gum or suck on the lozenges. They release nicotine through your gums and are good for quick relief, like during breaks or after meals.

Inhalator

They look like cigarettes, but they don’t have harmful smoke. You breathe in through the inhalator keeping the nicotine in your mouth (rather than inhaling to your lungs) as it’s absorbed through your gums.

Using these products can help you quit smoking without the uncomfortable side effects of nicotine withdrawal and are much more effective than quitting without using anything at all. You can slowly use less and less of the products until you don’t need nicotine at all.