Do stop smoking patches really work?

Question

Have you tried them? Any success? Do tell.

Answer 1

I used them when I quit and there was no way I could have pulled it off without them.

However, that being said you have to want to do it. If you're only 1/2 in it, you won't succeed. As well, all stop smoking aides only lessen the severity of cravings... you will still have cravings, triggers, etc... and a whole lot of body changes as your body is trying to repair itself.

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Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes if you smoke while wearing the patch

Answer 3

Before there were patches and gum and pills... People used to smoke cold turkey.

Answer 4

I personally don't trust any quit smoking method that deals only with physical nicotine addiction. I tried several times to quit using patches, gums, herbs etc but none of these worked.

Smoking is more of a psychological addiction than a physical one. If you really want to quit you must discover the reasons why you smoke and then eliminate or change these thought processes. As soon as I dealt with my psychological reasons for smoking I quit, first time and more importantly for good.

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Answer 5

No don't waste your time or your money patches gums pills is just a gimmick. just have to persuade yourself into being healthy again force yourself to give it up. ive been smoking for 20 some odd years and just 2 months ago i quit cold turkey no patches no gums none of that **** and yes its hard but as time goes by the craving will haunt you less.

Answer 6

They don't increase the success rate -- that's statistics -- unless in conjunction with a stop smoking program. However, they can for some people ease the discomfort of the progress. In my personal experience, they haven't allowed sufficient control of the nicotine dose -- you're sometimes getting too much and sometimes too little. Commit lozenges are more effective than either the gum or the patches. Combinations are possible if necessary and under medical supervision. With a bit of dilligence, anyone can switch to the lozenges, because they provide the same nicotine you're used to but with a different dose profile. I used them successfullly for several years before I cut out the nicotine, and switching from smoking to the lozenges was the easy part!