I just have to tough it out. It is true that many smokers quit without treatment, but for most, it takes many attempts over many years before they finally quit. By using the treatments in this guide, you double your chances of quitting. Don't fool around-give yourself the best chance of quitting. It's important to quit now, before you get a disease caused by smoking.
Medications containing nicotine, like a patch or gum, are harmful and addicting.
Actually, the tar, carbon monoxide, and other toxins in cigarettes, not the nicotine, produce most of the harm from smoking. Long-term use of nicotine itself does not appear to be harmful. In addition, current research indicates that nicotine medications that provide a slower, lower dose of nicotine are not addicting. If I go to counseling for smoking cessation, I'll have to bare my soul. Smoking cessation groups are not psychotherapy.