[News] Nicotine Replacement Therapy Is Over-Promoted Since Most Ex-Smokers Quit Unassisted,

[Moontanman]

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Is Over-Promoted Since Most Ex-Smokers Quit Unassisted, Experts Argue

 

ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2010) — Health authorities should emphasize the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, despite the promotion of cessation drugs by pharmaceutical companies and many tobacco control advocates, according to a new article.

 

Nicotine replacement therapy is over-promoted since most ex-smokers quit unassisted, experts argue

[freeztar]

I've quit both ways and I've definitely found it a lot easier with non-tobacco nicotine products.

[Pyrotex]

I've quit smoking cigarettes three times, after bouts of smoking from 2 to 5 years.

Each time I quit, it was for at least 4 years.

The last time I quit was 6 years ago.

I quit cold turkey each time, without any chemical aids.

Each time, I wound up "bumming" half a dozen or so cigarettes over the month after I quit, before quitting entirely.

Each time I quit, I resolved not just to stop smoking, I resolved to abandon any and all thoughts about whether or not I even wanted a cigarette. I refused to participate with the question.

[Getting A Life]

They keep you hooked, and months later, when your initial quit resolve has been whittled down to the skin of your teeth, that's when you got to dump the patches and go through withdrawal...

 

Patches set up a psychological barrier for months (soon you have to go off the patches, you need them, getting quit is hard, follow the instructions...)

 

Cunning product. Keeps you buying nicotine even when you are 'quitting' and keeps you thinking it's all a really big deal.

 

It's not. It's all in your head. The only big deal is the fact it is poison.

 

Our countries are run by people who care more for cash and 'freedom of choice' than they do for human life and common sense.

 

'Freedom of choice' just doesn't work when there's so many options on our shelves. I don't want to spend my life researching catalogue items and minutely examining everything I consume as it's 'up to me to be informed'...

 

Surely our governments need to grow some testicles, and kick these large corporations squarely in theirs.