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bemildred

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15. Yes. You can learn to manage it over time.

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 09:12 AM

Dec 2013

I quit smoking cold-turkey in 1993 or so. Later I missed the nicotine for certain purposes (it's a stimulant) and took up the gum because I don't want to muck up my lungs again. You can work up a heck of a habit if you don't pay attention, but it's much easier to break than smoking, because you don't get the rush like through the lungs. It's potent, pure, cheap, and OTC.

And definitely not a good idea if you have heart problems, like cocaine and other stimulants.

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Wow!! Nicotine Gum is one hell of a nicotine delivery system! What a way to quit! [View all] arcane1 Dec 2013 OP

You're not quitting you're just changing method of consumption. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #1

Oh I'm changing the method alright. arcane1 Dec 2013 #2

Keep in mind that nicotine is also used as a commercial bug killer. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #3

Yes, it is...just like salt is corrosive. N/T beevul Dec 2013 #9

I used it libodem Dec 2013 #5

Any way you can manage to quit is the right way Warpy Dec 2013 #11

Complete nonsense pipoman Dec 2013 #14

And you are still addicted to nicotene. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #16

No I'm not.. pipoman Dec 2013 #19

Thank you, Doctor Science. arcane1 Dec 2013 #22

Got that right hobbit709.....ya quit and it in the end it was cold turkey. a kennedy Dec 2013 #17

That is stupid to the point of malice cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #31

did someone pull your string? hobbit709 Dec 2013 #32

Nicotine is deadly Sgent Dec 2013 #39

My brother quit smoking with that, and later he quit the gum. hunter Dec 2013 #4

"Nicotine alone, without the smoke, isn't as likely to kill you, even if you never quit." NoOneMan Dec 2013 #8

Could just have well been the coffee. hunter Dec 2013 #10

I think alcohol is more often implicated in esophageal cancer than tobacco Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #27

I think about 3/4 cases are chronic drinking related NoOneMan Dec 2013 #44

that makes sense, because the poisons are going down there instead of into lungs. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #45

Only people who pipoman Dec 2013 #13

I wasn't responding to the OP NoOneMan Dec 2013 #25

Your wording makes me think he was a tobacco chewer.... Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #21

Yes. NoOneMan Dec 2013 #24

Is there something challenging about the phrase, "isn't as likely to kill you"? cthulu2016 Dec 2013 #34

Yes, very challenging when followed with "even if you never quit." NoOneMan Dec 2013 #43

Good luck. tammywammy Dec 2013 #6

Hey, good luck to you tammywammy.... a kennedy Dec 2013 #18

Isn't that the one that causes homicidal rage in 0.1% of users? Recursion Dec 2013 #29

Possibly tammywammy Dec 2013 #33

I used nicotine gum to quit about 15 years ago.... My Pet Goat Dec 2013 #7

I used the tablets pipoman Dec 2013 #12

Yes. You can learn to manage it over time. bemildred Dec 2013 #15

Did you actually chew it like regular gum... actslikeacarrot Dec 2013 #20

Yeah, but I got side-tracked for a little while, and the next thing I knew I was floating around... arcane1 Dec 2013 #23

I've been chewing it for 20 years. broiles Dec 2013 #26

Bingo. I've traded up my addiction... Recursion Dec 2013 #28

Thanks for the advice. I was a little over-zealous with my chewing last night. arcane1 Dec 2013 #30

Well, chewing & munching may not be the best method lillypaddle Dec 2013 #35

I do. I had been using it properly for a week before last night. arcane1 Dec 2013 #36

Well again lillypaddle Dec 2013 #41

I quit for 5 years, and then started again 10 years ago. arcane1 Dec 2013 #46

Good luck. TeamPooka Dec 2013 #37

I quit regular cigarettes a month ago. mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #38

I've never smoked--does your response to the gum suggest that you mostly HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #40

I think the response was because I was chewing the gum a little too vigorously. arcane1 Dec 2013 #47

Interesting...I hadn't considered how the rate of release might be affected HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #48

What the hell? EnviroBat Dec 2013 #42