Have you tried to quit smoking and failed?  Once, twice maybe even three times.  Welcome to the Club.  Over 96% of smokers who try and quit fail.  Over 35 million smokers in the US try to quit every year but fail.  The reason they fail is that nicotine is a powerful and addictive drug.  Smokers’ bodies and minds crave this drug.  Withdrawal symptoms make quitting nearly impossible. 

How can smokers quit?  There are a few options:  going cold turkey, using nicotine replacements and prescription medication and the electronic cigarette. 

Going cold turkey has the most intense withdrawal side effects because you are now depleting your body and mind of what it thinks it needs to survive:  nicotine.  They include insomnia, fatigue, intense headache, tightness in the chest and irritability, as well as cravings.  This makes going cold turkey a risky option for quitting.

Prescription medication, such as Chantix, has a failure rate of over 96%, that same as going cold turkey.  The downsides of prescription medication to quit smoking is that it is a mind-altering drug.  The FDA announced that this drug has created suicides and depression amongst a majority of its users.

Nicotine replacement products such as patches and gum can work for some, but have a very high failure rate as well.  Although they do provide the nicotine that your body craves, they do not provide the physical sensation of holding a cigarette and the behavior associated with it.

That is where the electronic cigarette can be of a benefit for smokers.  The electronic cigarette is a nicotine replacement product, but it looks and feels like a real cigarette.  A smoker holds the electronic cigarette, just like a regular one, inhales the nicotine and exhales water vapor.  Inside the electronic

The e cigarette has been making headlines recently because more people are becoming aware of the product and those who have tried it have reported overwhelmingly positive results. While some have claimed that they have reduced their cigarette usage, others have claimed they immediately stopped smoking and use only their e cigarette.  E-smokers, as they are called, claim to get their sense of smell back, their zest for life and the ability to breathe easier. 

The "smoke" is actually a vapor that is odorless, a result of the liquid inside a cartridge being heated up, but not burned by the atomizer inside the device. The liquid contains different nicotine levels.   While the action is similar to smoking a real cigarette, the results are very different because an e cigarette.   does not contain the thousands of cancer-causing agents, toxic carcinogens, and chemicals found in tobacco smoke. So you are still getting the nicotine fix without the harmful side effects.

To quit smoking regular cigarettes using e-cigarettes you can do two things:  1.  Use the e-cigarette for 50% of your smoking and 50% regular cigarettes, increasing your usage of e-cigarettes every week until you have completely quit smoking regular cigarettes OR 2.  Only use the E-cigarette.  You will not have any withdrawal side effects.

Best of luck in quitting smoking cigarettes.

G. King Visit her websites at : e-cigarette and electronic cigarette