Niquitin cq lozenges (NiQuitin CQ Lozenges)

Member Name: jenny967

Product:	NiQuitin CQ Lozenges
Date:	15/12/07 (114 review reads)
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Advantages: They do really work

Disadvantages: None that I can think of

give up smoking two years ago, but it was not easy, I tried the gum and the nicorette inhaler and I failed with both attempts. I had smoked for 14 years, so I new it was not going to be easy, I smoked 40 - 60 fags a day and I new I couldnt quit with willpower alone.
I went to my GP and he was prescribing medicine, that could make you take fits, so I decided not to bother with this idea, as I would probably be the unlucky one who would take the fits. So I went to my local chemist and they informed me about Niquitin cq lozenges, they cost around £8.00, they advised me these would be good for me as I would have smoked my first fag within 30 mins of waking in the mornings.

So I got them home, read the label and discovered that there were some mild side affects, one of them being hiccups which for the first few days I got the hiccups after taking each lozenge, which was annoying (kids found this hilarious) but they did stop after a few days. another thing that it said on the label was that these lozenges do contain nicotine, but they dont contain tar or any other harmful substance that fags do, so they are not harmful to your health.
I started of on the 4mg and took them for 3 - 4 weeks, they were mint flavour, but there was not much of a mint taste of them, it was a powdery taste when you put them in your mouth, at least for the first few minutes anyway, for the next 3 - 4 weeks I took the 2mg lozenges, and after this I was ready to stop taking them altogether.

That was two years ago now and apart from a few lapses when I was giving up, I have not had a fag since. In my opinion you have to have the will power to quit, with or without quitting aids, if you dont have the willpower there is no point of trying.
The hardest part of quitting for me was breaking the habits I had got myself into, like having a smoke as soon as I got up in the mornings or three fags with a cup of tea or after something to eat, once I gradually broke these habits it did begin to get a lot easier and I tried to keep myself busy a lot which also helped.

People used to say to me "think off the money you will save". Which to a certain extent is true, but for the first three months I didnt save much as I was forking out for these lozenges, but it was well worth every penny. I still dont see the money saved from quitting as my kids have it well spent. Still worth it though.

thanks for reading

Summary: Well I give up smoking, so I suppose that says it all