Using Various Stop Smoking Aids to Stop Smoking Forever

Stop smoking aids is not really a topic of my choosing because of my extreme interest in the topic or even to make money on it. My interest in stop smoking aids comes from my own personal battle with smoking over the past 20 years. I have been a smoker since I was 14 years old and I started sneaking them from my parents. Back then I thought it was cool and of course like every boy at that age I pretty much thought “to hell with what everyone says, I am not going to get addicted or die of cancer”. I have seen many family members try various stop smoking aids like habit replacement therapy and nicotine replacement therapy and numerous other smoking cessation products. Some had success, others, not so much. Every day we hear about the numerous methods to quit smoking and the countless stop smoking aids claiming miracles and even the ability to quit with a one hour long session in a stop smoking program. From patches and gums to hypnosis and laser therapy, everyone seems to have the perfect stop smoking aids. The latest stop smoking aid is the e-cigarette which gives the look and feel and even the taste of a real cigarette but the e-cigarette has no tobacco. The question becomes, “do any of these smoking cessation products work?”.

In my experiences over the years and my attempts to quit smoking and try to be healthier I have found that for me nothing works to help me stop smoking. I have tried stop smoking gums and patches, I tried prescription stop smoking aids, and I have even tried habit replacement therapy to quit smoking. For those who don't know what habit replacement therapy is, I will explain it in a moment. For 20 years I have been a smoker and for about 12 of those years I have tried at different times to stop smoking. I have various amounts of success, none of which lasted more than about 3 weeks. I am currently making an effort now to combine a couple of stop smoking aids to see if that will help me be successful at quitting. I will be using a prescription stop smoking aid and habit replacement therapy along with e-cigarettes. I hope to have success with this and hope to help others on their journey to stop smoking and lead a healthier life.

Back to habit replacement therapy. What habit replacement therapy does is replace one habit, usually a bad one, with another habit, preferably a not so unhealthy or harmful one. I will be using a new e-cigarette along with other habits or hobbies I enjoy. This type of stop smoking aid focuses on the mental part of the addiction but does nothing for the bodies physical addiction to smoking and nicotine. By taking a bad habit like smoking or gambling and replacing it with another enjoyable habit like eating candy or exercise you can take the addictive nature of your body and use that to form an addiction to something not so bad for you. Anyone who is an addict of some sort will understand the theory of addictive personality. Whether it is smoking, drinking, gambling, or eating, if you are prone to becoming addicted, then removing one addiction will only open the door to another addiction. By applying this theory to stop smoking aids, the hope is to find an activity or something that you really enjoy and make that your new addiction. Writing can actually be a good way to do this, exercise, games, or any healthy activity can work. I hope to replace my smoking habit with a tobacco free e-cigarette along with writing and cooking because they are two things I enjoy and should have no problem devoting a lot of time to them.

NRT or nicotine replacement therapy is another stop smoking aid that involves gums, patches or prescription medicines. This stop smoking aid is based solely on the bodies addiction to nicotine and has no effect on the mental addiction. I have personally used all three of these stop smoking aids and found the most success with a prescription medicine called Chantix. Chantix is a stop smoking aid that blocks the bodies pleasure receptors from the effect of nicotine. Basically it makes smoking more about the habit than the pleasure of the addiction. Stop smoking gums and patches work for some people but have not worked for me personally.

My stop smoking method is going to be a combination of the prescriptions stop smoking aids and the habit replacement therapy. My hope is that by replacing my smoking habit with another habit that I enjoy I will be able to stop the mental addiction, and by using the prescription stop smoking aids I can stop the physical addiction to nicotine and ultimately quit smoking successfully. Wish me luck and I will be sure to update everyone on how well my methods combining the use of these stop smoking aids works for me. As of today I have my prescription, I have my ideas of habit replacement therapy which includes tobacco free e-cigarettes to help me on my journey. I am trying hard and I have managed to stay around half a pack per day. I was skeptical about using e-cigarettes to quit smoking but I think it actually helps when that urge hits and nothing really curbs the craving for a cigarette.