| We've all seen those TV ads for the
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| | replacements for cigarettes. Rather, they
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| nicotine patch, and you may have heard of
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| | are temporarily support devices that help
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| other options like nicotine gum. But do
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| | wean you away from cigarettes gradually,
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| they really work? And are they safe?
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| | and thus much more effectively than
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| Many would-be quitters get nervous about
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| | stopping all at once.
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| the idea of replacing one addictive
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| | Instead of shocking your body by
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| substance-cigarettes-with another. They
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| | depriving it entirely of nicotine all of
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| view nicotine gum and patches
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| | a sudden (which can result in
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| skeptically, preferring to quit "cold
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| | uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms), these
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| turkey," with no medical help whatsoever.
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| | nicotine replacement products help "step
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| Unfortunately, many of the people who
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| | you down." They deliver increasingly
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| quit cold turkey wind up smoking again
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| | smaller doses of nicotine, enabling your
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| within a few weeks or months. Why? Well,
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| | body to readjust over time. As a result,
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| as you know, nicotine addiction isn't
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| | you become addiction-free without a lot
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| just a mental problem or a state of mind.
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| | of the pain, discomfort and stress often
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| It's an actual physical disease that
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| | associated with the "cold turkey" route.
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| affects your body's chemical makeup.
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| | Now this is not to say that you shouldn't
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| Quitting isn't necessarily just a matter
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| | stop all at once. If you want to do it
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| of mind over matter-it's also a process
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| | that way, and you think you can do it
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| of making your body less physically
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| | effectively, then by all means go ahead!
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| dependent on its drug of choice and
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| | But if you think you might need a bit of
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| returning yourself to a pure, natural
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| | a chemical support system to help you
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| state.
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| | along the way, then consider speaking to
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| There's no shame in using nicotine
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| | your doctor about the following options,
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| replacement products to help you do this.
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| | all approved by the F.D.A.
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| Items like the patch don't just become
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