When trying to quit smoking, is it true that you can develop an addiction for the nicotine patch or gum? -
Nictone patches are meant to work and take you off cigarettes and hopefully let the habit go. But, they will not help you completely to quite the nictoine addiction. It is a gradual thing and the dosage is lessened with each patch.
For a while you will still be craving for the cigs but the patches should help you with the craving until you get to a stage where the cravings have dimished to a level and you then make up your mind to totally quit for good.
Stying off smoking is more a pshchological battle than anythign else. Using your mind to quit is really the first thing you should start to do. Without mind control it will be just too difficult to quit for good and in no time you will be back to smoking and puffing those white devils.
Goodluck!
yes its true... you-re still filling the nicotene addiction with patches and gum but but thats just the physical addiction. The patches and gum don-t have the same mental addiction. Slapping on a patch or chewing gum doesn-t have that same feel-good feeling as lighting up when you-re socializing or having a drink etc. Plus it-s also expensive lol. It-s much better to quit with assistance than to not quit at all and at least you-re not getting all the other additives that cigarettes have and there is a ween down system with patches and gum.
If you-re trying to quit... best of luck to you... you wont regret it.
It-s just nicotine. Nicotine is in cigarettes. So you-re already addicted. It-s just easier to cut down on the gum and patches, because of the nicotine released.