Give Me Nicotine Now Or Die

Advantages: Cheaper Than Fags
Disadvantages: Becoming an ex-smoker

...Giving up smoking is hell and don't let a bunch of non-smokers tell you otherwise, my personal battle against Nicotine addiction has been going on for 6 years now. I have tried almost every form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on the market all of them have plus and down points. The main down point being that nothing feels as good as a cigarette between your fingers, and it is at those points that I definitely do not need a lecture from a non-smoker. IN FACT one of the worst things about giving up smoking is NONSMOKERS, a bunch of self righteous whining good for nothings is what they are, and I am well on the way to joining them. Such thoughts are among the things than in my weaker moments makes me want to stick two fingers up at them and light up. As of next year due to a bunch of whining nonsmokers there will be no smoking in pubs...

Champ666 22.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of NiQuitin CQ CQ Nicotine Mint Gum

NICORETTE INHALOR NICOTINE CARTRIDGES.

Advantages: You still have the physical feel of putting a fag in your mouth!
Disadvantages: The weaning off the inhalor. The price if not on prescription.

...Well, after years and years of smoking (about 30) and many failed attempts at giving up, the last one of which nearly made me go mad with withdrawal symptoms I am now into my 3rd month of not smoking. Thanks to this little white bit of plastic I have done better than I ever have and hopefully I will not go back to it this time. The Nicorette Inhalor is not the most trendy thing to be seen sticking out of your mouth but I have got quite discreet at having a little puff in restaurants and the such like as it is quite small. The withdrawal symptoms I have suffered in the past have not occurred this time. Once the cartridge in the inhalor is activated it delivers quite a strong blast of nicotine and the fact that you do feel that you have had a puff on a cigarette by physically putting the inhalor into your mouth also helps. You...

ajport 04.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Nicorette Inhalor Nicotine Cartridges

DIE Nicotine Monster!!!!

Advantages: I haven't smoked for 6 monthhs, 20 days and counting
Disadvantages: Still requires willpower

...my breath was offensive to none-smokers (in hindsight it was) plus due to a family tendency to die of smoking related diseases I was probably not a good candidate for "smoker of the year" (should such a thing exist). I had been toying with the idea of quitting for a while and had even been to the doctors and got some patches (if you are thinking of getting them then don't unless you like a massive rush of nicotine first thing in the morning, followed by nothing the rest of the day. Slow release, my arse). What finally made me decide to quit though was when I was in Africa. For six days I didn't have a single one and nor did I want one. This made me realise I didn't actually NEED to smoke and that I wasn't going to explode if I stopped. I estimate I was on 10-15 a day when I quit which is not exactly a chain smoker, but still...

fryera2 13.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr

I want to live....simple

Advantages: I hope I live longer and dont smell
Disadvantages: Very hard going

...Why did I decide to give up smoking? I want to live.... simple I have nicked the following information from a website called www.worlded.org as on reading this made me realise what sh*t I was putting in my body everyday. Familiar Chemicals in Cigarettes: Carbon monoxide car exhaust Nicotine bug sprays Tar material to make roads Arsenic rat poison Ammonia cleaning products Hydrogen cyanide gas chamber poison Cyanide deadly poison Acetone nail polish remover Butane cigarette lighter fluid DDT insecticides Formaldehyde to preserve dead bodies Sulfuric acid car batteries Cadmium used to recharge batteries Freon damages earth's ozone layer Geranic acid a fragrance Methoprene a pesticide Maltitol a sweetener not permitted to be used in foods in the U.S. Sources: Dr. Joel Dunnington, Tobacco...

manunas22 13.02.2004 (06.05.2004) · Read review
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Review of Boots Nicotine Inhalator

A sharp intake of breath

Advantages: Improved breathing, Increased fitness
Disadvantages: Finding a substitute for the cigarette

...37 years ago at the age of 14 I tried something that was to take control of my life. I had my first cigarette, I wish now that I hadn't but I did and am now suffering the consequences. I often find it hard to get a good deep breath. Most exercise tires me out quickly. I smell like a skinking ashtray, and my money is dwindling or rather smouldering away at a rapid rate of knots. So today October the 1st 2005 I am taking the first step to regain control of my health. I'm going to stop smoking. I know the next few weeks or months are going to be perhaps the roughest I've had. I shall however have considerable help from a little plastic tube filled with a cartridge which will provide me with the nicotine to which I am currently addicted. This little tube is the Nicorette inhaler supplied by my Stop smoking group. I visited the group...

donf18 01.10.2005 (03.10.2005) · Read review
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Review of Nicorette Inhalor Nicotine Cartridges

Day 2 of giving up smoking with Nicotinell

Advantages: Easy to use and they DO reduce cravings
Disadvantages: Side effects

...Yesterday I tentatively placed my first Nicotinell patch on my arm, and I haven't had a cigarette since. I feel ghastly. Whether this is because of the patches, or because I'm giving up a long-standing addiction, I don't know. I guess a bit of both. This review is for all those thinking of giving up and doing it the patch way, just to let you know how it is in those initial, very hard stages. When I've given up totally, I will come back and update. There are 3 sizes of Nicotinell patch - 1 (21 mg nicotine over 24 hours), 2 (14 mg) and 3 (7 mg). You wear each patch for 24 hours. As I was a 20 a day smoker (more at weekends or if drinking), I've started on Size 1, and will work down to size 3 and then none over the course of 6-12 weeks depending how I feel. I bought them from Tesco's pharmacy and they cost just under £18 (a...

sandrabarber 05.02.2001 (16.02.2001) · Read review
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Review of Nicotinell Nicotine Patches

Wicked-510 TITAN E-NI or Electronic Nicotine / Cigarette

Advantages: No smell, no tar, no CO2
Disadvantages: Can be expensive at the start, refilling carts can get messy, potentially dangerous

...a tiny heating coil that heats the liquid and produces the vapour that your breathe in. Finally the cartridge is a small part which contains a sponge like material with is full of the fluid suspension containing the nicotine and one of many available flavourings. Some flavours are designed to be similar to known brands of tobacco/cigarettes, others are flavoured after familiar foods and drinks such as cola, coffee, almond or mint. Once the cartridge is empty you simply dispose of it safely and put a new one on or the cost concious of us can opt to buy refils to fill up the cartridge again. This can be a messy affair so keep children and pets at a safe distance when doing this. Remember that nicotine in a concentrated form is a poison. What does it feel like in operation? Well, it feels like actually smoking, you get the tactile sensation...

blackbug 16.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Joytech Titan 510 Electronic Cigarette Starter Kit

Who fancies a post-coital Nicotine lozenge?

Advantages: May ultimately help me to live longer
Disadvantages: Nausea, Cheaper to smoke

...the chemist next door instead. The pharmacist whom I have never met before sat me down, calmed me down told me how well I had done and recommended the lozenges. Because I used to smoke within 30 minutes of waking she told me I would need the 4mg version as opposed to the weaker 2mg version and I handed over my £8.99 (I sit there think I could have got 2 packets of fags for that!!!!!!) On first impressions these are in a blister pack and are very similar size and shape to Strepsils lozenges. I popped one of the blister pack and did as the pharmacist told me ? don?t suck just let it slowly dissolve and they said it would take between 20 ? 30 minutes. After about 30 seconds I got the hit of nicotine and I literally felt myself calm down. Suitable calmed I got back in the car and began the drive back to work. Half a mile down the road I had...

couscous 19.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of NiQuitin CQ CQ Lozenge

Small, discreet but terrible

Advantages: Small. Discreet
Disadvantages: Can leave a rash, expensive

...Well I still havent stopped smoking and to be honest these patches didn't help much at all. I smoke extremely heavily and would like to stop, however I havent found any replacement therapies which have helped. These patches come in three different strenghts. 21mg, 14mg and 7mg. These patches are the strongest brand on the market at the moment which can make them seem more appealing to heavy smokers, however I wouldnt advice them for light smokers. Obviously the more you smoke in the day the higher the dose you start with. I would then advice you to cut down on the patches every two months. Also ensure that you dont smoke while wearing one of these patches as you can be liable to nicotine poisoning which can make you extremely ill. If you do overdose on nicotine I would advice you to take the patch off immediately and consult your...

KPN7 31.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nicotinell Nicotine Patches

I Still Wanted A Ciggie

Advantages: Cheaper and healthier than 20 ciggies
Disadvantages: Didn't stop me smoking

...I wasn't surprised that this category, prior to my op, was empty. In order to review a product and give an opinion on it you do have to try and gain some familiarity with it. Quite frankly when I tried this gum I had an overwhelming urge to spit it out and smoke a whole packet of ciggies rather than give up. But I persisted with it for a while. Nicobrevin Gum is perhaps one of the most bizarre aids to giving up smoking that you will come across. It's a nicotine free gum, claimed to be at its most effective when used along side the 'Nicobrevin 28 Day Capsule Course' (also nicotine free) but available to purchase alone as a support to break the habitual side of smoking addiction. The theory is that when you get the urge to reach for a ciggie you reach for the gum instead. You simply chew a piece until the taste disappears, and can...

wiggglypufff 15.02.2002 · Read review
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