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List Price: $51.99
Our Price: $39.00
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Manufacturer: Nicorette
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Binding: Health and Beauty
Brand: Nicorette
EAN: 0307667847307
Feature: Use this effective nicotine gum to on a regular schedule to prevent cravings throughout the day
Label: Nicorette
Manufacturer: Nicorette
Model: 784730
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nicorette
Release Date: 2005-06-14
Size: 2 mg
Studio: Nicorette
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Features
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Use this effective nicotine gum to on a regular schedule to prevent cravings throughout the day
Provides nicotine to your system as a temporary aid to help you quit smoking by reducing nicotine withdrawal symptoms
Includes free access to Committed Quitters, an online resource that can give you an individualized stop-smoking plan
Designed to allow your body to adjust to having less nicotine over a 12-week period through a gradual, step-down process
Start with at least 9 pieces of Nicorette a day
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Summary: The active ingrediant in this product comes from bananas
Comment: Instead of paying $40.00 for this product, go to the store and buy a bunch of bananas for $2.00; eat three a day, you'll then be able to quit smoking / dipping in about a week. Also, bananas are a great stress reliever and are packed full of vitamins.
Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent substitute for cigarettes
Comment: I smoked for forty six years and tried everything to quit but nothing worked. When nicorette gum was introduced I was skeptical but tried it and the flavored gums actually work. Regular nicotine gum is like chewing rubber but nicorette perfected a great product. It really works!
Customer Rating:
Summary: helped me quit!
Comment: I was a smoker for ten years and this product helped me quit. If nothing else, it will help you transfer your addiction from the nicotine in cigarettes to the nicotine in the gum.
Quite easy to use: chew until it burns and "park" it between your gums and cheek. Each piece is individually wrapped. I used to carry three pieces on me a day and use one piece about every eight hours (sure, towards the end most of the nicotine was gone but never underestimate the placebo effect, eh?).
Only bad thing is you can't drink anything while the gum's in your mouth because it'll erode the nicotine. Although you can take the gum out of your mouth (the plastic container also doubles as storage- just remember to peel off all the bits of tin foil that may touch the gum).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Flavor!
Comment: About a 3 months ago on a Sunday, my girlfriend Lisa decided she was going to quit smoking after a hard Saturday night of partying (with all the attendant drinking and smoking) and I decided I would try to be the good boyfriend and help her out. So off I went, down to the pharmacy and looked over the shelves of smoking stuff and finally decided that the gum looked like a pretty good way to go. I bought a box (took all the cash I had) and carted it home. She tried it for about a week and even though it was tough she said she didn't have a cigarette for the whole week.
Well the next Sunday I had a hangover and had cottonmouth to go with it so I went knocking around the house looking for a piece of gum and didn't find any regular gum so I thought `what the heck, this stuff can't taste that bad' and started chomping on a piece of the Nicorette gum. What a jolt! I suddenly felt like really awake and my headache sorta went by the way. I thought `wow, this stuff is pretty cool' and popped another one immediately. My headache was pretty much gone. I mean how awesome is that?
But now a couple of months later, I'm having a problem. I've never smoked a single ciggie but I gotta admit I think I'm hooked on this gum. It sorta sucks because I find that I'm like a closet chewer. I chew about ten a day (ok maybe a little more but certainly not 20 or anything like that) and I find myself putting the Nicorette into a Chiclets box so no one knows my little secret.
Well, the other day Jody (at work) saw me pop one in my mouth and asked if she could have one. I just sorta stood there stuttering like Porky Pig while my mind was racing trying to think of a reason I couldn't share a lousy piece of gum with her when, in a flash of brilliance, I decided just to drop them on the floor like it was an accident or something. I muttered some kind of lame apology while scooping them up and dumping them in the waste basket like they were contaminated (of course I went back later and picked them out.) Jody just sorta huffed off and now she gives me the eye, like I'm either really cheap or a total wack-a-doodle, every time I pass by her cubicle. I think Bob (my boss) saw me picking the gum out of the trash and who knows what he's thinking. He just shakes his head every time he sees me now.
Early one morning last week, my dog Tobie went sniffin around my trousers that were laying on the floor and ate a whole handful of them. He was so wired up that he just ran right through the screen door and I had to chase him all around the neighborhood until I finally cornered him behind the dumpsters at Dunkin Donuts. A crowd of early morning coffee drinkers started gathering around and were offering me advice and I think a couple of them were placing bets on whether or not Tobie had the moves. You should have seen the crazed (yet ecstatic) gleam in his eyes---man oh man, I hope he doesn't get a real hankering for them. It made me totally late for work and Bob (my boss) was like acting mad and being a real jerk to me all day long. I'll probably get fired if I don't shape up.
Anyway, things are really spiraling out of control. I spend lots of money on this gum and what's even more bizarre is that I'm almost positive that my girlfriend Lisa is sneaking ciggies on the side again. On the nights when she comes over and we're watching an episode of Lost or something and drinkin a few brews, she always disappears for about 5 minutes and then swigs some Listerine before coming back. While she's gone (doing whatever!) I always run to my stash and pop down a couple of Nicorettes and start chewing like a madman constantly looking at my watch (I give myself exactly 4 minutes) and then go running back to the couch and act like nothin's up. It's really whacked! Neither of us can look each other in the eye for the next hour.
Last night when Lisa got up off the couch (I figured for a ciggie), I went truckin into the bedroom for a little chew when suddenly, at about the 3 minute mark, she comes into the room all bubbly and stuff and decides to heck with TV, it's time for some real fun. Well, I'm not one to argue with that I can tell you, but I had to swallow (yes swallow!) the darned gum. About an hour later, I stumbled like a real palooka into the can and blew chow. This can't go on---my life is starting to feel like a train wreck. I keep telling myself I can quit at any time and that what I'm feeling aren't really cravings but I'm not so sure any more.
I'm still gonna give it 5 stars (because at least Lisa is down to just a few stolen puffs here and there) but I swear, I'm thinking of taking UP smoking just to kick the gum habit. Besides, I think Tobie is still sneaking around at night stealing some out of my pants pocket---he won't look me in the eye either!
Steve and Tobie from Belchertown, MA
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Summary: It's Working For Me!!!
Comment: I decided to give the Nicorette 4mg Gum a try after reading the Amazon review by A. Creech "Kitchen Collector." It's been 9 weeks into the 12-week program and I haven't had a cigarette since. More importantly, I haven't had the cravings either.
Smoking for nearly 20 years, I didn't think I would ever be able to stop. I wanted to and tried about 8 years ago using the nicotine patch. Well that attempt failed miserably and back fired. I had cut down my smoking to about three cigarettes a day before trying the patch, and on the quit day, I couldn't last longer than five hours without a cigarette. My anxiety shot through the roof and it felt as though some part of me was dying.
I ended up running to the liquor store and buying a carton of cigarettes and began smoking more than ever. Smoking about 15 cigarettes a day after that, I was really wary about trying any other quitting program. That is until nine weeks ago.
Following A. Creech's advice about using the 4mg gum, even though I didn't smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day, was extremely helpful. I purchased the gum, read through the directions and set a quit date.
I'm getting ahead of my self here, because I did take several months of soul searching and asking the questions of why I wanted to quit and why was I smoking in the first place, before I bought the gum. I think the answers to these questions are very important because they help in the outcome of the program.
First of all, you have to really want to quit because YOU WANT TO QUIT and not for ANY other reason. You can't quit for your friends, family, husband, wife, lover etc., you have to quit for yourself and the reasons can be many. My reason for wanting to quit was so that I could have control over my life. I was able to overcome a cocaine addiction that took me over in the 80s and 90s. And you would think that if I could beat that, quitting cigarettes would be a cake walk. Not so. I couldn't stop smoking to save my life, no pun intended, and of all the cigarettes I was smoking each day, I only enjoyed one or two (and sometimes none) of them.
The next step I took was to figure out what the cigarettes/smoking represented to me. With all addictions, there are physical dependencies that do occur, but the real problem is the emotional connection. It's never about the alcohol, drugs, food, sex, cigarettes (fill-in-the-blank), but more about what these things represent to the individual. For me, I learned that smoking represented stability. I know that sounds crazy, but some how in my mind I connected smoking with being secure. I guess that happened because no matter what was going on in my life, the one thing I could depend upon was cigarettes.
Arming myself with that information, I set my quit date, smoked my last cigarette and threw away the ash trays and cigarette cases. I did keep my Zippo lighters, but I don't advice that if you feel like you'll be tempted. And then I started the gum.
The NICORETTE COATED FRESH MINT 4MG GUM tastes exactly like strong minty gum but after about 15-20 chews, the gum starts to give out a strong pepper-like taste. It tasted like I was chewing on a used cigarette butt. Anyway, that taste is actually the nicotine being released from the gum and at that point, you park the gum in between your cheek and gum. You keep it there until that taste goes away, which for me was about five minutes or so, and then chew it again and park it in a different spot. You repeat this process over and over until the gum doesn't give off that taste. The instructions say about 30 minutes, but I found that the gum continued to give off that peppery taste for what seemed like hours...at least in the beginning.
The nicotine being released into your system helps calm the cravings almost immediately, but for the first few days I did have a little anxiety about not having a smoke. It was nothing like it was the first time around, and when these feelings would come up, I'd chew the gum and take deep breaths. That helped a lot! But I did think that if it was going to be like this for the rest of the program, I didn't think I was going to make it. But I stuck it out and that nagging feeling started to subside around day four and continued going down as the days and weeks went by.
I followed the directions to the letter for the first six weeks, chewing a piece every hour(chewing about 7-8 pieces a day) and keeping track of my usage. Around the seventh week, my cravings were practically gone and I felt that I didn't have to chew the recommended amount of gum per day. I was chewing less, without any withdrawal symptoms.
This being the tail end of the nine weeks, I'm only chewing one piece a gum a day even though I feel like I could quit the gum altogether. But I don't want to push it and be over confident, so I'll continue until the end.
And I don't have the craving to smoke at all. I've been out with friends, stood around other people smoking, and faced two of my biggest triggers-- after finishing a big meal and/or drinking alcohol--and had no desire to have a cigarette.
As far as the health benefits of quitting, some people have told me that the coloring in my skin has returned(I don't see it), but on the second day of not smoking, my voice stopped going hoarse after talking for a while. I also stopped coughing up mucus chunks and I was not getting that tickle in the back of my throat when going to sleep. I don't feel like I can breathe easier, I never really had a problem with breathing, and I don't really feel like I have more energy. But I don't feel lethargic so that's a plus. As far as gaining weight, I haven't put on any pounds but I am excercising regularly.
Since there's only 100 pieces of gum in the NICORETTE 4MG GUM, I went through five boxes... Maybe it was six boxes(it could have been more but doesn't seem like more than six), I can't remember and I'm still on the fifth or sixth one. If you chew the recommended amount of gum each day(9-12 pieces), you figure you'll have to buy a box every 10 days for the first six weeks. And even though the gum is pricey, you'd spend more on a carton of cigarettes if you use them at the same rate.
Along with the gum, a small booklet is included with tips and instructions and these round stickers that you attach to a calendar to help you keep track of the weeks and when to start stepping down. Also included is a password number to a website called "committed quitters" that's offered as a support tool by GlaxoSmithKline the makers of NICORETTE. You don't need a password any more to log onto the committed quitters web site and what they offer is a tailored made quitting schedule for free. All you have to do is create a user name and fill out a questionnaire about your smoking habits etc., and after 24hours they send back tips and suggestions to help you prepare for your quit date. They continue to send you email messages of support at periodic intervals, no junk emails, and you log onto the site to get your plan. The plan is helpful and created based on your answers in the questionnaire and reminds you of the reasons you decided to quit, tips to help with staying on track, and reminders of when you should be stepping down. It also gives words of encouragement. The only draw back of the site is that you don't talk to anyone and you can't leave messages on a message board to other users for advice.
I know this is a rather lengthy review but I figured the more you know, the better you'll be prepared. And breaking an addiction takes a few words. I'm not saying that the gum will work for everyone and if the gum doesn't help you, try the patch. If that doesn't work, try something else. Remember, you might have to try several different products before you find the right fit.
{{{EDIT 12-22-08}}}
It's been over a year since I used the Nicorette Gum and I am happy to say that I've been able to break the cigarette habit. And I'm off the gum, as well. I did gain about 10 pounds and went from a size 34 to 35 around the waist, but that's about it. Just wanted to give an update.
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Editorial Reviews:
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When you're ready to quit, Nicorette can help you take charge--by giving you control over your cravings. Use it on a regular schedule to prevent cravings throughout the day--and when an especially tough craving hits, only Nicorette gives you the freedom to chew an extra piece of gum. Nicorette medicated gum is a form of Therapeutic Nicotine, which means it provides nicotine to your system as a temporary aid to help you quit smoking by reducing nicotine withdrawal symptoms.  |  | Nicotine is a stronger addiction than most people realize--and cigarettes are a very efficient nicotine delivery system. Each puff sends nicotine to the brain within 10 seconds, activating areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward by raising dopamine levels. Dopamine is the same substance involved in addiction like cocaine and heroin. So we have another puff. And another. Soon the brain's chemical structure actually changes. It becomes hooked into wanting more and more nicotine to make the effects last. When the brain stops getting the nicotine it's used to, we begin to feel withdrawal cravings--actually the brain craving nicotine. As this nicotine addiction sets in, the brain links everyday habits with smoking, boosting the role of cigarettes. Normal everyday activities begin to trigger the urge to smoke. Drinking coffee in the morning. Talking on the phone. Work breaks. Driving. So when you try to quit smoking, you're actually fighting a battle on two fronts: 1) physical--that is, nicotine addiction--and 2) habitual, the activities, moods and events linked with smoking. |  |  | Cravings and habits go hand in hand for anyone trying to quit. Nicorette helps you address both. First, let's talk about cravings. Once you stop smoking, that's when your brain really starts screaming for nicotine. Your withdrawal cravings can actually intensify in the days after you quit. That's where Therapeutic Nicotine--like Nicorette--is proven effective. Nicorette delivers small amounts of nicotine--without the thousands of other toxins and chemicals contained in tobacco smoke--relieving withdrawal cravings. By helping stop cravings before they start, Nicorette increases your chance of success by allowing you to focus your willpower on changing your smoking habits. Now to help you change those habits, Nicorette lets you take advantage of an individualized support program from Committed Quitters, an online plan designed to help you quit smoking for good. You can enroll free with the Personal Code from your Nicorette User's Guide. And you'll receive a stop-smoking plan tailored to your specific needs, with plenty of tips to help you along. Using Nicorette with Committed Quitters significantly increases your chances of quitting. |  | | Once you've decided to quit, Nicorette helps you take charge. You use it on a regular schedule throughout the day to help prevent cravings. And if a strong or suddenly provoked craving comes, you can chew an extra piece--as long as you use no more than 24 pieces a day. |  | Start with the right strength: Nicorette gum comes in two strengths: - 4 mg, for people who smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day,
- 2 mg, for people who smoke fewer than 25 a day.
Get an individualized stop-smoking plan from Committed Quitters: Your plan can help you overcome your unique barriers to quitting smoking--and increase your chances of success. For example, if you're used to having a cigarette with your morning coffee, you'll get specific advice on overcoming that habit and desire. Look for information in your package of Nicorette, or visit CommittedQuitters.com. Follow the Nicorette 12-week plan: Nicorette is designed to allow your body to adjust to having less nicotine over a 12-week period through a gradual, step-down process. You use fewer and fewer pieces of Nicorette until you no longer need it at all. But remember, it's designed for a 12-week course of therapy. And to improve your chances of quitting successfully, start with at least 9 pieces of Nicorette a day. |  |  | Because Nicorette is medicated gum, you don't chew it the same way you chew regular gum. Here's how to use it: - Chew each Nicorette piece very slowly several times.
- Stop chewing when you notice a peppery taste, or a slight tingling in your mouth. This usually happens after about one minute or 15 chews, but may vary from person to person.
- "Park" the Nicorette piece between your cheek and gum, and leave it there.
- When the peppery taste or tingle is almost gone (in about a minute), start to chew a few times slowly again. When the taste or tingle returns, stop again.
- "Park" the Nicorette piece again in a different place in your mouth.
- Repeat steps 4 to 7 (chew, chew, park) until most of the nicotine is gone from the Nicorette piece (usually happens in about half an hour; the peppery taste or tingle won't return).
|  |  | Fresh Mint is coated for a delicious burst of flavor. Fruit Chill is double-coated for intense fruit flavor with a hint of mint. You can change flavors anytime you want. |
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