I am a smoker for 5 years daily a packet. Now I want to stop it. I have tried several times but failed due to its withdrawal symptoms. Give me most effective medicine to quit smoking.
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Dear Hazarika, Congratulations for deciding to quit smoking. You seem to be having few medical and psychiatric problems also. So if you stop smoking. you will get lot of health benefits. Since your previous attempts failed due to withdrawal symptoms, i would advise you to use nicotine gum 2 hourly initially. Gradually you can reduce the gum one by one in 12 weeks time. Please go through the instructions given along with the gum. The most effective medicine to stop is, to keep your motivational level high for 6 months at least. Find out who are the persons who will appreciate and encourage your small efforts, what are the situations where you need to smoke, how to deal with those situations, calculate the amount spent on cigarettes for 3 months and plan on what you would like to spend that amount. If you want continuous motivational enhancement therapy (MET) come on text or audio weekly for 12 weeks.
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Best age to stop smoking is before 40 ,In fact do not start all Only by using strong will power and avoiding all situations where you feel like smoking, chewing tobacco or drinking or using drugs/ weed, avoiding friends who smoke and diverting mind by reading or chewing a gum, like NICORETTE and taking a walk when you crave for a smoke can all help. You can chew Nicorette gum which is nicotine replacement. There are medicines available. Which can be prescribed if asked personally Cigarette smoking is a leading preventable cause of mortality. It kills more than 60 lakh people worldwide every year. More than 50% of regular smokers would invariably die from tobacco-related illnesses which includes heart attack, cancer or asthmatic lung diseases. Best age to stop smoking is before 40.
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