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Stop Smoking Gum - Is It Advisable?
from: David SmytheThe stop smoking gum is a well known smoking termination alternative followed all around the world. This article provides a glimpse into the degree of safety and effectiveness concerned with it.
The stop smoking gum is a smoking alternative which is gaining popularity rapidly. The main reason behind this is that it is very easy and convenient to use. All it requires is for the person to unwrap and pop it into the mouth. It can be chewed like any other chewing gum. This gum is aimed at decreasing the urge of the smoker to smoke and then eliminate it permanently.
This gum is supposedly a very safe solution to help quit smoking. The safety level is so high that you can avail this across the counter in places like the US and many other shopping malls. But one wonders is it really very safe as we consider it to be? Is this a safe option for the smoker wanting to curb his addiction? This calls for some discussion.
One important thing to be realized is that this gum has nicotine in it, yes it is true, the gum has nicotine as its active component. Well now you might wonder how it is rational to cure the cigarette induced nicotine addiction with nicotine? But yes it does wok and this is how- the addictive substance in cigarettes is nicotine and it is because of this that the smoker is unable to stop and keeps going back to cigarettes. Though it happens to be addictive, it does not result in physical damage, for which the tar is responsible.
In this way, the urge to consume nicotine would be met and at the same time smoker would be saved from his body being damaged because of the cigarette. Such gums are available in a variety of concentrations as per the requirements of individuals. People can opt for gums with nicotine content up to 4 milligrams. Usually, chain smokers go for such high concentrations. They gradually settle down with lower levels of nicotine and it finally ceases completely.
But many of the healthcare professionals do not believe in this happening. They stress on the fact that nicotine is addictive and as much as the body has an intake of it the addiction will never subside. And to make matters worse the person can even develop an addiction to the gum! Some medical studies seem to even find truth in this claim. It probably is the reason why a lot of underage children as well as non-smokers resort to purchasing these gums. There seems to be a lot of evidence supporting the fact that the gums can become addictive.
The amount of nicotine contained in the gum is also a matter to be considered. They contain different amounts ranging from 1 milligram to even 4 milligrams. The irony is that even a cigarette contains only 1 milligram of this addictive substance. Thus the 1 milligram nicotine gum is actually four cigarettes in one. Besides which the gum is retained in the mouth for longer periods meaning the contact with the substance is also high.
In fact most of the methods that are used to curb smoking have come under inspection these days. In the gum therapy the nicotine addiction is considered not as harmful as the destructive properties of tar that the cigarettes are infamously known for. But in the larger sense there are huge doubts as to the working of these therapies. There are many cases where people have tried the gum therapy and still get back to smoking as the therapy never really cured their problem of addiction.
All in all, it is up to you to make the decision whether to use the stop smoking gum or not. Now that you know the facts, you be the judge.
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