Every smoker knows that quitting is hard, but every smoker also knows the reasons why they should do it. There are many different ways to stop smoking these days, and identifying the approach which you feel will be most successful for you is important, as is planning in advance.
Abrupt Quit (giving up all your cigarettes at once)An abrupt quit means stopping all your cigarettes at once on your quit date. Using Therapeutic Nicotine products with an abrupt quit can double your chances of success compared to a cold turkey (using willpower alone) attempt.
Here’s how the Nicabate QuitPartner approach works:
1. Decide on your quit date
2. Decide which Nicabate product you would like to use and buy your initial supply
3. Join Nicabate QuitPartner and set up an ‘abrupt quit’ plan
4. On your quit day, throw away your remaining cigarettes and other smoking materials.
5. Start using your selected Nicabate product
6. Get advice and track your temptations in Nicabate QuitPartner.
PRE-QUIT plan (easing into quitting for 2 weeks before your quit date)If you smoke 15 or more cigarettes per day and are anxious about giving them all up at once, another technique you can try is the ‘Pre-Quit’ plan. This involves gradually reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke over 2 weeks leading up to your quit date. Here’s how it works:
1. You decide on a quit date two weeks away
2. Buy your supply of Nicabate PRE-QUIT Patches
3. Join Nicabate QuitPartner and set up a PRE-QUIT plan
4. Over the next two weeks, gradually cut out your cigarettes.
5. Get advice and track your temptations in Nicabate QuitPartner
6. Prior to your quit day, buy your initial supply of Nicabate Step 1 21mg patches and start on the 10-week patch program.
7. To help yourself out on your quit day, throw away your remaining cigarettes and other smoking materials.
8. Start using your Step 1 21mg Nicabate Patches
9. Continue to get advice and track your temptations in Nicabate QuitPartner.
REDUCE to QUIT plan (taking it one cigarette at a time, at your own pace)If you want to quit smoking at your own pace and take it one cigarette at a time, you can try the 'reduce to quit' plan. Here's how it works:
1. You decide on a quit date within the next nine months - a target date to be smoke-free.
2. Buy your Nicabate Minis or Gum
3. Join Nicabate QuitPartner and set up a REDUCE TO QUIT plan
4. Over the duration of your chosen REDUCE TO QUIT period, gradually cut down the number of cigarettes you smoke each day.
5. Get advice and track your temptations in Nicabate QuitPartner
6. Over the next few weeks or month in advance of your quit date, use Nicabate Minis or Gum to manage any cravings and replace individual cigarettes. Aim to gradually reduce your smoking to zero at your target quit date.
7. To help yourself on your quit day, throw away your reamaining cigarettes and other smoking materials.
8. Keep Nicabate Minis or Gum handy even when you have given up all your cigarettes to manage any cravings. (However, if you are still using these in 9 months consult your doctor.)
9. Continue to get advice and track your temptations in Nicabate QuitPartner.
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