Snus or smokeless tobacco is being endorsed by the Swedish public health system as a better option to smoking. It is a form of chewed tobacco (also known as “snuff” or “spit tobacco”), but unlike chewing tobacco, snus does not require spitting - thus adding to its popularity

In the current pharmaceutical industry, there are several available quit smoking aids; roughly divided into nicotine replacement products (NRP) and non-nicotine products. The different products are used to stop smoking and each carrying with it their own pros and cons. The comparison of the different cessation aids are summarized below

The first tip for preventing weight gain is to chew gum. It is as simple as that. Chewing gum also reduces the oral fixation that some smokers crave for. You can choose any kind of gum, but the benefit of choosing a nicotine gum is that it also acts to reduce your craving for nicotine.

The first few days after your ‘Quit date’ can be difficult. Smoking craving is something many smokers experience, and it is the one thing that makes ‘cold turkey’ difficult. In order to quit, you will need to learn different methods of coping with the cravings.

Nicorette gum is another good nicotine replacement product but can cause jaw pain when used excessively. Soft drinks and coffee used before chewing can also affect the rapid relief that you will get so if you need the immediate relief from nicotine, and inhaler might be more effective.

Nicorette inhalers are useful tools and are often preferred because of their subjective resemblence to cigarette use. It should be used by adults up to 12 cartridges a day for up to 3 months. This should be used concurrently with education and medical support.

NicabateCQ has its place for people wanting to quit smoking. Use it to compliment behavioral modification techniques and it should not be used longer than 3 months. For women, they need to think of other ways of quitting if they want to get pregnant or breast feed. But of course it is safer than smoking.

Nicotine replacement products (NRP) (aka Nicotine replacement therapy) have always been part of a smoking cessation armament. It helps reduce much of the psychological and physiological symptoms associated with nicotine withdrawal as well as reduces the side effects of quitting smoking. This can increase the chances of quitting smoking. All forms of NRP (gum, skin patchs, nasal spray, inhaler and sublingual tablets/lozenges) are somewhat equally effective and they increase the odds of quitting by 1.5 to 2 fold regardless of setting. (Silagy, Cochrane 2007) This means smokers are much better off with NRT than without.