Resource Center: tobacco

Reasons for Any User to Quit

• Avoid tobacco-related illness (e.g., certain forms of cancer, cardiac disease)
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A supportive clinical environment is effective in helping patients quit smoking. Encouragement and support from clinical staff is crucial.

Acute risks:

Weight gain, for most ex-smokers, can be avoided or controlled. Planning ahead will help you. Here are some reasons why people gain weight after they quit smoking:

The stages of tobacco cessation are: Contented user, Thinking about quitting, Deciding to quit, Quitting, Trying to stay quit, Relapsing, and Staying quit.

Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (Heatherton et al. 1991)

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Coping with Withdrawal Symptoms

The nasal spray is available by prescription only. Each spray delivers 0.5 mg of nicotine. One dose consists of 2 sprays, one in each nostril, for a total of 1.0 mg of nicotine.

Nicotine gum is currently available as an over-the-counter medication in 2-mg and 4-mg dosages. If you smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day, it is recommended that you use the 4-mg gum.

Nicotine inhaler is available through prescription only. It consists of a mouthpiece and a cartridge. The cartridge contains 10 mg of nicotine. A dose is a puff or inhalation.