The initial few days without any nicotine are often the hardest part of going smokefree, as this is when you are fighting the phsical addiction. Nicotine replacement products can help you get past this. You can use them very effectively in the early stages. Aftr the nicotine cravings pass you'll find it much easier to overcome the mental side of the habit.

You can get lots of different types of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) - and they work. NRT doubles your chances of successfully going smokefree by helping you to manage your withdrawel symtpoms. Because it goes into your body differently to nicotine, it's much less adictive. NRT does not contain tar, poisons or carbon monoxide the way cigarettes do, so it doesn't cause cancer.