Ways to quit smoking

One of th most popular ways to reduce of withwraval symptoms while quiting is Nicotine Replacement Therapy with the aid of NicoDerm patches.

This stop smoking drug belongs to a family of medications known as nicotine replacement therapies. NicoDerm CQ patch works as deterrent while smoking cessation. There are a few brands on the market: Prostep, Habitrol, NiQuitin, Nicotrol, Nicorette, and Commit.

Patches allow the body to get the nicotine it craves without suffering the ill effects of smoking. People using patches may still feel the desire to smoke in certain situations because of associations with smoking that have nothing to do with nicotine.

This quit smoking medication may induce headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, drowsiness, stomach upset, nausea or flushing the first few days as your body adjusts to the medication.You should inform your doctor if these symptoms persist or become bothersome. In case if site around the patch becomes red, itchy or irritated, try a new site.

If the irritation continues or becomes worse, notify your doctor.You should also seay your doctor if you develop: breathing difficulties, chest pain, irregular heartbeat, nervousness, anxiety, tremors.It is very important that this quit smoking medication be used on a regular schedule as prescribed by the doctor.

Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any quit smoking medication.

Smokers should learn about a new innovation that they may wish to try to improve their health and quit smoking – smokeless electronic cigarettes.

An electronic cigarette doesn’t really burn tobacco, but when you inhale you activate a flow censor that discharges a water vapour which contains nicotine, propylene glycol and a smell which mimics the essence of tobacco. Basically, this means you are getting your nicotine from the e-cigarette without getting all the carcinogens found in regular cigarettes such as glue, tar, hydrocarbons and the hundreds of additives.

When you inhale with an smokeless cigarette, the battery turns on a small LED light, which then heats up the smoking mixture to create an odourless vapour that you consume.

This vapour contains only three ingredients: propylene glycol (commonly used in food colouring), water vapour, and nicotine.

The refill cartridges come in a multitude of flavours as well as nicotine strengths. You can get regular, menthol, even apple and strawberry flavoured cartridges and nicotine strengths come in full, medium, light, and none.

The smokeless  cigarette has been in existence in some form for many years. However, increasing anti-smoking regulation and advances in technology have made the smokeless cigarette more popular recently.

Developed in China in 2004, the electronic cigarette is sold there and in numerous other countries, including Brazil, Canada, Finland, Israel, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Electronic cigarettes share some aspects of there traditional counterparts, such as appearance, feel and taste of a normal cigarette. But the differences are substantial in that the "safe cigarette" gets it’s name because it produces none of the negative aspects of traditional smoking like tar, ignition (heat), up to 4000 types of chemical additives that often lead to respiratory and cardiac system diseases, nor the carcinogenic effects of traditional cigarettes.

Although electronic cigarettes also referred to as the "safe cigarette, the e-cigarette, and the smokeless cigarette but WHO knows of no evidentiary basis for the marketers’ claim that the electronic cigarette helps people quit smoking. Indeed, as far as WHO is aware, no rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have been conducted showing that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine replacement therapy.

Adding to the safety benefits, the electronic cigarette to some extent has also been proven as a way for smokers to quit the habit, as the level of nicotine can be carefully monitored, thus giving the smoker the option of gradually lowering the level until he/she can quit without fear of withdrawals. Most electronic cigarette refill cartridges are available in full, medium, light and none, and while electronic cigarettes are not yet approved as smoking cessation devices, the potential for the devices to be used as such is somewhat obvious.

It’s recommended that people who have demonstrated a sensitivity or allergy to nicotine, pregnant or breastfeeding, or who have unstable heart conditions should discuss the use of an electronic cigarette device with a doctor before using one. Additionally, electronic cigarettes may not be used by anyone under the legal smoking age in your state.

WHO does not discount the possibility that the electronic cigarette could be useful as a smoking cessation aid. The only way to know is to test.