Nick Rennie takes a drag from his quickly vanishing cigarette and exhales slowly, smiling. This is his break in the day, his moment of escape. “I started just with my friends, just a teenager drinking and having a smoke after school,” said Rennie, a Gilroy resident who’s now been smoking for five years. “I tried [...]

When your loved ones are trying to stop smoking, it is very important to help them stay motivated. Trying to get rid of a smoking addiction is definitely not a walk in the park, but having moral support would certainly ease the struggle. There are many things that you can do. Support should of course [...]

Zyban is a drug marketed by Glaxo-Wellcome and has been used, very successfully, to treat nicotine addiction directly. In this case it is different to the way other anti-smoking agents work, such as nicotine gum and patches, since these simply supply an alternative source of nicotine other than cigarettes. Zyban works at the neurological level, reducing the craving for nicotine in any form.

After less than 30 minutes of smoking your last cigarette:

Pulse returns to normal.
Blood pressure drops down to normal.
Temperature of hands and feet increase to normal.

For me the hardest day certainly wasn’t the day I quit or even the day after that. Most people would except that the day you quit cigarettes for good would be the hardest day.

For me I think it’s about the 2nd or 3rd day of quitting or stopping that’s actually the hardest.

It’s partially due to the nicotine flushing out of your body, it’s still around after a couple of days so the cravings get more and more intense.