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12-27-2008, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
Either way, Lucy, it's nicotine addiction, so yes, it compares. He may find the nicorette gum to be helpful so he'll get the chewing feeling and nicotine and then he can wean off of that.
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I thought Lucy meant just regular chewing gum, not nicorette?
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12-27-2008, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
I thought Lucy meant just regular chewing gum, not nicorette?
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I'm pretty sure she was talking about chewing tobacco...
Anyway, best of luck to your friend, Lucy, and to the others who are trying to quit.
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12-27-2008, 06:51 PM
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I'm pretty sure she was talking about chewing tobacco...
Anyway, best of luck to your friend, Lucy, and to the others who are trying to quit.
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You're right. I didn't think about that originally. My bad.
My grandfather chewed tobacco and had a VERY hard time quitting. Nicorette didn't help him at all. He used some home remedy that my grandmother created to help him stop.
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12-27-2008, 10:45 PM
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I heard rave reviews about the Chantix program if anyone is able to afford it and see through the entire program... I know somethings about how it works, but I don't know the whole story.
Right now, as I understand it, what nicotine addiction does through smoking, especially when started at a young age, it literally burns your brain cells (neurons) from making the appropriate connections to know how to control those urges. As a young person, developmentally, we do not have the wherewithal or discernment to effectively make an informed decision about smoking. Because of the nicotine is doing it in the brain, it means it is an addiction--which makes it a medical condition, making it "potentially treatable" according to some circles...
But the current mode of treatment involves introspective personal commitment to change... That can be difficult to do.
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12-29-2008, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
Either way, Lucy, it's nicotine addiction, so yes, it compares. He may find the nicorette gum to be helpful so he'll get the chewing feeling and nicotine and then he can wean off of that.
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*Shrug* He's planning on quitting cold turkey which sounds even harder, but what do I know?
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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
I thought Lucy meant just regular chewing gum, not nicorette?
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Yeah, I meant chewing tobacco. Ewwww!
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