Does The Patch Really Work If You Want To Quit Smoking for Good? -
The patch is great. It takes all the stress out while you learn how not to hold a cigarette . Nicotine gum is great. BOTH require willpower. You will find that the psychology of smoking is the worst thing to break. Be determined.
The patch is designed to pump nicotine into your system to help ease nicotine withdrawal.
I have taught hundreds of people how to quit smoking, and I have found that the patch doesn-t work for most people.
The reason?
They rely too heavily on the patch. When the can-t quit
they say: the patch didn-t work for me.
The method that I have found that works the best is to taper down on how much you smoke. Smoke only when you absolutely need one. Within a week you should be down to 3 or 4 cigarettes a day.
At that point, you are only fighting the urge to smoke 3 or 4 times a day (rather than 20 or 40 if you smoke a pack or two a day) and when you do quit, the nicotine withdrawal isn-t as severe because you have already cut down.
Some people are able to look at the patch as a short-term crutch to help them quit -- that-s all it is--and for them the patch can work.