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Is there a nicotine conspiracy?
The media talk about nicotine addiction, your GP will prescribe patches and local health authorities reinforce the message. Millions (approx 70% of smokers) are afraid to quit because they fear cravings.
And yet, if nicotine is addictive, and if your local health authorities are correct that it's as addictive (some say more addictive) as drugs such as heroin and cocaine, and if doctors prescribe nicotine patches to their patients, then there must be people addicted to patches mustn't there? Have you met any?
Statistics of people who stop smoking are interesting. About 6% of people stop smoking
using willpower. About 10%* of people stop using gum. An improvement, but not much
of one. About 16%* of people quit using patches, again, an improvement, but not much
of one. Now, if you turn those figures the right way up, that means that 84-
Statistically, nicotine replacement doesn't work! In fact, a placebo is more effective! (At 30% its almost twice as effective) Isnt that interesting? A placebo, a pill without any medicinal value is more affective than the nicotine replacement therapies prescribed by your doctor or sold to you by your chemist. How can ‘nothing be twice as effective as something prescribed by your GP?
The above figures are now out of date. In the Summer of 2006 the University of Geneva released the results of long term trials. Result? Only 7 out of every 100 people trying patches succeeded. That's 7.2% effective. As the BBC put it, "Nicotine therapy benefits hyped"
* Health care trusts are allowed to claim success if their patients stop for just one month … You probably know people who have stopped smoking using willpower, gum or patches and who have started again a few months later.
You doctor will confirm that all the nicotine is out of your body within 48 hours. You probably know of people who have stopped smoking for weeks, months or even years and then started again. If all the nicotine was out of the system in 48 hours what got them started again?
Who has a vested interest in having smokers believe they are addicted to nicotine?
P.S. Weight gain is actually due to the unconscious conflict not being resolved. The quitter ‘stuffs down' their mixed feelings with food.
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