Nicotine gum?

i given up smoking about 10 months ago, i am really still hooked but on the gum and cant get out the habbit. is nicotine gum still harmfull to health? what are the risks to health if you are using gum all the time? the patches, losengers dont work on me at all so if i did use nicotene gum all the time is it more healthy than cigaretts? I AM NOT using chewing tobacco

Well I gave up at the end of january
straight onto the gum
but changed to the mints
now im weaning myself off them lol
This is a safe unharmful way of having nicotene

Chewing the gum is much healthier than smoking, but you are still addicted to the nicotine. Have you tried gradually reducing the strength of the gum you buy? If not try this, or alternate nicotine gum and normal gum, then keep substituting normal gum over a period of time. Your doctor or local pharmacist can give you advice as well. Good luck

You're going to have to cut back on the gum. I'd say try alternating between nic and non nic gum, or sucking hard candies. The gum is definately more healthy than smoking, but if you just stay with the gum you're likely to eventually backslide into smoking. If you cut to a weaker strength of nic gum you're likely to chew more.

nicotine is the only thing in ciggarettes that don't kill believe it or not but it is more addictive than heroin its a mind game try weening yourself off with normal chewing gum.good luck

Nicotine gum is a type of chewing gum that delivers nicotine to the body. It is used as an aid in smoking cessation and in quitting smokeless tobacco. The nicotine is delivered to the bloodstream via absorption by the tissues of the mouth.

It is currently available over-the-counter in the US. The pieces are usually available in individual foil packages and come in various flavors including orange, and mint. Each piece typically contains 2 or 4 mg of nicotine (roughly the nicotine content of 1 or 2 cigarettes) with the appropriate dosage depending on the smoking habits of the user. Popular brands include Nicorette and Nicotinell in the UK.

Alternative nicotine replacement products include the nicotine patch, nicotine pastilles/lozenges and the nicotine inhaler.

The gum is first chewed until it is soft and a tingly sensation and/or peppery taste is noticed, after which it is pressed between the cheek and gums. When the tingly sensation stops, the gum is chewed again, and then pinched between the cheek and gums in a different place in the mouth. This is continued until the gum is depleted of nicotine (about 30 minutes).

Nicotine is an addictive element in cigarettes. Behavioral, social, and self-image components of cigarette use also add to their addictive power. For instance, one useful technique for stopping smoking emphasises learning to concentrate on breathing differently whenever the craving for a cigarette arises. A potential for addiction to nicotine gum exists.

The drug companies' studies indicate that changing to nicotine gum leads people to quit both the gum and smoking, but this will work only for that population of smokers who could (in the era prior to nicotine replacement) gradually smoke fewer cigarettes per day. Whereas heavy and "chain" smokers often report success by going "cold turkey" especially when they (like the late runners Jim Fixx and George Sheehan) find a powerful replacement activity, of which running seems to be the most effective. For many, the use of the nicotine replacement gum becomes chronic as well. Although safer healthwise than smoking, years of nicotine gum use will nevertheless still cost the addicted user many thousands of dollars.

Nicotine gum may also drive the user to "dip" tobacco because it replaces the activity of "lighting up" with a reinforced oral self-dosage, and when the nicotine gum user runs out of the gum (or cannot afford its prices, which are very high in the USA) he may turn to hazardous forms of "dip" or chewing tobacco. This is less likely to be a problem for residents of the United Kingdom where nicotine gum is also available on prescription from general practitioners, free of charge for users on low incomes and at the subsidised National Health Service prescription charge for other users.