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>I had a home made version I called my smoking straw. >I took a soda fountain straw and stuffed about a filter’s worth of cotton in >it.  I would use different aroma therapy scents to give it a taste. >Still have one in my car…….just in case.

I use cinnamon sticks. Have them all over the place. You can draw through it like a cigarette. For those times when I just need something top hold or put in my mouth. Trying to stay away from the sweets since I have gained my 10 pounds 5 times over already. :b -Angie — 2m 3d 6:14 smoke-free, 1,931 cigs not smoked, $244.27 saved, 6d 16:55 life saved

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> Has anyone here used the nicotine inhalers?  Nicotrol inhalers? > If so, can you share info about them – did they work for you – if so, > why, do you think – and if not, also why?  Is there anything to watch > out for?  Any particular way you should use them? > I’ve been to the web site, so I’ve gotten information there – but I’d > like to know about real world use.  <g> > I see a lot of posts about the patch, and about the gum, but haven’t > noticed any about the inhalers…?

j, I used the inhaler to great success. I am now quit for nearly 5 years! It certainly takes the edge off. Good luck with it! Jez.

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Hi J, how was that first day?  Way to go! I used the inhaler last spring for a month and half.  I didn’t smoke, but I also didn’t break ANY habit or addiction.  It fed into the habit too well. We have two additctions to break when we quit smoking…the chemical dependancy to nicotine & the oral thing.  IMHO, using the inhaler is smoking w/o the smoke, there’s no change in habit or curing of addiction. (plus everyone told me that it looked like I was sucking on a tampon! LOL!)…Then again, if it works for ya…go for it. You can do this!!! Cat

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Has anyone here used the nicotine inhalers?  Nicotrol inhalers? > If so, can you share info about them – did they work for you – if so, > why, do you think – and if not, also why?  Is there anything to watch > out for?  Any particular way you should use them? > I’ve been to the web site, so I’ve gotten information there – but I’d > like to know about real world use.  <g> > I see a lot of posts about the patch, and about the gum, but haven’t > noticed any about the inhalers…?

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I had a home made version I called my smoking straw. I took a soda fountain straw and stuffed about a filter’s worth of cotton in it.  I would use different aroma therapy scents to give it a taste. Still have one in my car…….just in case. Chris 3M

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This is very useful info Clarrie, thanks. > I had terrible problems in the beginning, for the same reason, until a > poster mentioned > ‘Endit’ > I checked it out in google and sent off for it.  it was a real help! > Just a plastic cigarette looking thing with NO nicotine, but it was > the sucking action and the fiddling action that helped me. > Maybe this product could help J? > Just my 2p > (helpfully) > Julia > >Has anyone here used the nicotine inhalers?  Nicotrol inhalers? > >If so, can you share info about them – did they work for you – if > so, > >why, do you think – and if not, also why?  Is there anything to > watch > >out for?  Any particular way you should use them? > >I’ve been to the web site, so I’ve gotten information there – but > I’d > >like to know about real world use.  <g> > >I see a lot of posts about the patch, and about the gum, but > haven’t > >noticed any about the inhalers…? > Hi J, > I haven’t used the inhaler myself, but a woman in my RL quit group > did > use it.  She said that for her, it was very helpful.  She was an > older > woman who had smoked for a long, long time and had very strong > associations between doing certain things and smoking.  She had a > lot > of stress/family problems, resulting in a lot of stressful phone > conversations, which she had found impossible to do without smoking. > For her, the inhaler worked for situations like that, on the phone > etc.  She also was quite a ‘nervy’ person who tended to fidget alot, > one of those people who say smoking gives them something to do with > their hands, and again she said the inhaler really helped her with > that.  As my group finished after a few weeks, I don’t know how she > got on with quitting in the longer term, but certainly she found the > inhaler really did help at the beginning. > I was thinking of her when I read your other thread, about women and > smoking rituals. > I know you said you’ve read the manufaturers site, but here’s > another > sites which may help

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/healthy_living/lifestyl… ng/nicotine_inhalator.html – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> sorry I can’t give you a first hand account (lozenges did it for > me), > hopefully someone else will be able to.  I think, if you feel that > this is going to be the best method for you, then suck it and see! > If > it doesn’t work, you can always switch to something else. > good luck > love > Clarrie > — > 9M+  AS3 Kiwi Kwitter (01/02/03) > ~email/msn: clarriegrundy at hot mail dot com~ > — > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

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can’t take all the credit…….I read about it here before I made one.  :) Chris 3M

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My gosh!  I remember reading about that!  That was YOU!  Ha!  My > memory is better than I thought! >I had a home made version I called my smoking straw. >I took a soda fountain straw and stuffed about a filter’s worth of cotton in >it.  I would use different aroma therapy scents to give it a taste. >Still have one in my car…….just in case. >Chris >3M

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This is very useful info Clarrie, thanks. I had terrible problems in the beginning, for the same reason, until a poster mentioned ‘Endit’ I checked it out in google and sent off for it.  it was a real help! Just a plastic cigarette looking thing with NO nicotine, but it was the sucking action and the fiddling action that helped me. Maybe this product could help J? Just my 2p (helpfully) Julia

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Has anyone here used the nicotine inhalers?  Nicotrol inhalers? >If so, can you share info about them – did they work for you – if so, >why, do you think – and if not, also why?  Is there anything to watch >out for?  Any particular way you should use them? >I’ve been to the web site, so I’ve gotten information there – but I’d >like to know about real world use.  <g> >I see a lot of posts about the patch, and about the gum, but haven’t >noticed any about the inhalers…? > Hi J, > I haven’t used the inhaler myself, but a woman in my RL quit group did > use it.  She said that for her, it was very helpful.  She was an older > woman who had smoked for a long, long time and had very strong > associations between doing certain things and smoking.  She had a lot > of stress/family problems, resulting in a lot of stressful phone > conversations, which she had found impossible to do without smoking. > For her, the inhaler worked for situations like that, on the phone > etc.  She also was quite a ‘nervy’ person who tended to fidget alot, > one of those people who say smoking gives them something to do with > their hands, and again she said the inhaler really helped her with > that.  As my group finished after a few weeks, I don’t know how she > got on with quitting in the longer term, but certainly she found the > inhaler really did help at the beginning. > I was thinking of her when I read your other thread, about women and > smoking rituals. > I know you said you’ve read the manufaturers site, but here’s another > sites which may help

http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/healthy_living/lifestyl… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> sorry I can’t give you a first hand account (lozenges did it for me), > hopefully someone else will be able to.  I think, if you feel that > this is going to be the best method for you, then suck it and see! If > it doesn’t work, you can always switch to something else. > good luck > love > Clarrie > — > 9M+  AS3 Kiwi Kwitter (01/02/03) > ~email/msn: clarriegrundy at hot mail dot com~

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>Has anyone here used the nicotine inhalers?  Nicotrol inhalers? >If so, can you share info about them – did they work for you – if so, >why, do you think – and if not, also why?  Is there anything to watch >out for?  Any particular way you should use them? >I’ve been to the web site, so I’ve gotten information there – but I’d >like to know about real world use.  <g> >I see a lot of posts about the patch, and about the gum, but haven’t >noticed any about the inhalers…?

Hi J, I haven’t used the inhaler myself, but a woman in my RL quit group did use it.  She said that for her, it was very helpful.  She was an older woman who had smoked for a long, long time and had very strong associations between doing certain things and smoking.  She had a lot of stress/family problems, resulting in a lot of stressful phone conversations, which she had found impossible to do without smoking. For her, the inhaler worked for situations like that, on the phone etc.  She also was quite a ‘nervy’ person who tended to fidget alot, one of those people who say smoking gives them something to do with their hands, and again she said the inhaler really helped her with that.  As my group finished after a few weeks, I don’t know how she got on with quitting in the longer term, but certainly she found the inhaler really did help at the beginning. I was thinking of her when I read your other thread, about women and smoking rituals.   I know you said you’ve read the manufaturers site, but here’s another sites which may help http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/healthy_living/lifestyl… sorry I can’t give you a first hand account (lozenges did it for me), hopefully someone else will be able to.  I think, if you feel that this is going to be the best method for you, then suck it and see! If it doesn’t work, you can always switch to something else.   good luck love Clarrie — 9M+  AS3 Kiwi Kwitter (01/02/03) ~email/msn: clarriegrundy at hot mail dot com~

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