Nicotine Gum

This information is about using Nicorette gum as part of an overall effort to stop smoking.

Nicotine Replacement Patches

This information is using about transdermal nicotine therapy, often called nicotine patches, as part of an overall effort to stop smoking. Nicotine patches are available over-the-counter, and can be purchased from your local pharmacy.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Many people trying to quit smoking are interested in nicotine replacement therapy to help reduce their withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine replacement is currently available both as nicotine chewing gum and transdermal (through the skin) nicotine patches.

Why should you stop smoking?

Almost forty million Americans have stopped smoking. Most succeed by going “cold turkey”. Others taper off by changing to low tar and nicotine brands, smoking each cigarette only halfway down or using nicotine replacement therapy. Research shows that it isn’t the method you use that determines your success; it is your determination to gain control over your own behavior that gives you the power to quit. Exercise, relaxation, and stress management often ease the way to new nonsmoking habits.

Why do you smoke?

Perhaps you smoke because you enjoy handling a cigarette. You enjoy the ritual of lighting up. You like to gesture with a cigarette in hand when you talk, taking a drag when you pause. You may fiddle with the cigarette or the ashtray, or watch the smoke as you exhale. If so, you enjoy handling a cigarette.