Are You Throwing Away Your Money On Stop Smoking Products
September 7th, 2009 | Published in Stop Smoking Tips
It can really take a large amount of willpower for a cigarette smoker to decide that they really want to stop. Once the build up enough determination to quit, then they have to find a method of stopping that will help them the most to succeed. Just making that firm decision to stop smoking is every difficult thing to do and the last thing they want to do when they start out is to end up failing, but this is so often the case. Nothing is more disappointing than putting your trust into a smoking cessation product and have it not do what it was expected to do.
The truth is that smokers often place too much faith in whatever product they choose to help them quit. They think that once they slap on a miracle nicotine patch or start using a nicotine gun or inhaler, they are home free. While these products might help to curb your nicotine cravings they will not address the smoking habit itself. This part of the addiction will have to overcome all on your own. There are no products on the market that will help you with the hand to mouth and inhaling addiction..
So many times smokers who have quit will find that even after the nicotine has been removed from their system and they have stopped using the stop smoking aid of their choice, that nagging urge to smoke a cigarette will usually continue. There is not a lot a person can do to solve this part of the problem except use their own willpower and strength. They must stay determined to quit. Sometimes they will begin to feel weak spirited after they are no longer using a product because they feel that they are on their own. In other words, their crutch is gone.
This is not to say that some smoking cessation products do not work for some people, but usually the people they do help are the ones who are absolutely determined to quit. For the most part, smokers that use these products eventually end up going back to smoking. Studies of the results of using these type of products actually show that the number of people who continue to abstain from smoking are very low. Ninety percent or more people that use them will smoke again or never completely stop at all. These odds are not that great.
There are ways that you can stop smoking without having to spend a time on products that are probably not going to help you very much to be successful in the first place. You can choose to quit cold turkey like many people do. This is by far from a fool proof method either because many people that do this end up starting back, but some succeed and it does not cost them any money at all. They must depend solely on themselves from the start.
Then there is the step down gradually method. Since people do not usually start smoking regularly over night, many believe it is too difficult to stop overnight as well. Cutting back on the number of cigarettes you smoke one or two every few days or once a week, seems to work well for many people. They are also on their own from the beginning and have to employ their willpower and determination right away, but they can do it gradually and it appears that it is a less stressful way to quit. This method would be completely free of cost except for the fact that you are continuing to buy cigarettes, but hopefully you will be buying fewer and fewer as you go.
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