Methods of Quitting Smoking: Why NRT's Dont Work

There are hundreds of methods of quitting smoking with NRT's being one of them. NRT's (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) come in many different forms and have been around for a few decades. They are supposed to work by helping you to ween off cigarettes by putting small doses of nicotine into your system while you are trying to quit smoking. Sounds good in theory but I'm go tell you exactly why NRT's don't work.

I'm sure you have all seen the NRT advertising (T.V ads, posters, billboards etc) trying to convince you that you can not give up smoking without their product, whether it be a patch, drug, gum, spray or whatever new contraption the pharmaceutical companies can come up with. Now how many people do you know who have given up forever using an NRT system? Some of you may know one, two people tops but the majority of you (like me) won't know anybody. There is a very simple explanation for this:

People are given Nicotine to help replace their addiction to Nicotine.

Try to forget every NRT ad you have ever seen and read the above statement again. How on earth is someone who is addicted to a drug ever going to quit by taking the same drug? There have been many cases where people are able to stop smoking but then get addicted to the NRT system that they used to help them quit. Why? Because its not the smoking they are addicted to , its the nicotine.

NRT's are expensive and inconvenient so people stop using them after a while. Well what happens then? They are still addicted to nicotine and need their fix. So, of course they go back to a cheaper, more convenient form of nicotine: Cigarettes.

It then becomes a never ending cycle which is exactly what these pharmaceutical companies want. They don't want you to quit any more than the cigarette companies do, their bottom line depends on it.

In not sure who is more evil, cigarette companies who make millions by spreading death and disease or the pharmaceutical companies who make millions by spreading false hopes and dreams. Maybe they are both just as evil as each other because they both use clever marketing to spread their lies and take advantage of other people.

I hope that I have helped you to see why NRT's don't work. There are other stop smoking options out there so why not give them a go. After all, their primary goal is to help you quit, not take your money.