Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are one of the major challenges for anyone who wants to give up smoking. If you can cope with them your chances of quitting go up dramatically.

Let’s look at the best ways of coping with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

The most popular method to give up smoking is simply by giving up and not using any nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and is referred to as "smoking cold turkey" however this causes a sharp shock to the system and nicotine withdrawal symptoms include:

Feeling stressed, anxious, nauseous and generally irritable.

This is the most popular method but is one that most people fail at and there is really no reason to do it.

People do it because they assume nicotine is the cause of death or disease, but this is not so.

Nicotine only provides the addictive nature of smoking and is not a killer (that is some of the other 4,000 odd chemicals consumed in smoking many of them poisons) so, you can take NRT and not suffer nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

NRT Products include:

Gum, patches, puffers and inhalers.

The one you like is very much down to personal choice, however all provide a measured dose of nicotine to help you cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

Other smoking alternatives include:

The drug Zyban and a new product - Nicotine water.

The latter is convenient (unlike chewing gum) and all people like and have to drink water (unlike patches you don’t need to put them on) you simply take sips of water whenever you feel the need.

All the above will help you get over nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cope with the craving.

A great way to stop smoking is to cut down first, reducing the amount you smoke each week by 10 or 20% and if you get a craving then you can use the above products.

By cutting down first, you are proving to yourself that you can do without cigarettes for periods of time.

This is a great confidence boost for people when they come to finally give up.

If you use NRT or other smoking alternatives, your chances of giving up for good are double compared with if you go cold turkey.

You don’t put yourself through the trauma – it's safe to take nicotine outside of cigarettes.

Finally

Not only is it safe to take nicotine outside of cigarettes, it’s actually good for you.

Recent medical research shows that it helps attention, memory and gives a felling of well being.

This will see a lot of new supplements hit the market to treat a number of conditions from depression to obesity.

We already have mentioned nicotine water earlier which is the first pure organic supplement and many more are expected to follow, not just to cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms but to provide health benefits.