Nicotine gums, patches and nasal sprays. Most smokers should be familiar with these items. These are things desperate smokers turn to hoping to quit smoking in the fastest way. Unfortunately, a study has found that they have no lasting benefit.
In a rigorous long-term study conducted by the Harvard University School of Public Health, one-third of smokers who gave up smoking with the help of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) relapsed over time. This figure is no less than smokers who had not used these products.
The study revealed that smokers complained that NRT’s did not increase their odds of quitting smoking in the long run.
The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, went on to say: “This may indicate that some heavily dependent smokers perceive NRT as a sort of ‘magic’ pill, and upon realising it is not, they find themselves without support in their quitting efforts, doomed to failure.”
Researchers said support from family and friends, anti-smoking media campaigns, tougher smoking laws, increasing tobacco taxes, and personal motivation can have a better success rate at helping smokers quit smoking.
This study really shows what quitsmokingaids.org has been advocating for so many years has been right after all… JUST QUIT! You don’t need drugs and medicine and lasers and what not to quit smoking. Just plain cold turkey will do!
Of course, one important aspect is to have strong network of friends and family to support you, as well as an undying spirit inside you that keeps telling you that you can quit smoking successfully. Read this, and this, and this and you are sure to be on your way to quitting smoking.