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Rick,

I agree that being well motivated is a key to getting off cigarettes for good. You need to tell yourself that this is going to be your last cigarette, Period. Congrats on being, and staying smoke-free!

Jodee Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

I have used Nicorette off an on over the last 4 years. I was a 22 year smoker and was up to almost 3 packs a day in my last 6 months.

I recommend the gum highly. I have used Canadian and or American versions all work well. I have had no side effects or anything of the sort. Any weight gain was from eating too much in general and late at night. Nothing to do with not having a cigarette to smoke..just like to eat sometimes. I quit on my birthday 2004 and after 4 years still have no urge to smoke. I was over it pretty quick as the gum gave me something to do with my mouth which was to a great extent most of the addiction. So go to ebay or wherever you can buy them reasonable it is worth it, IF YOU HAVE MADE YOUR MIND UP YOU ARE GOING TO QUIT. DO NOT SMOKE EVEN ONE AFTER YOU START! YOU WILL BE RIGHT BACK ON THE CIGS AGAIN. MAKE UP YOUR MIND THIS IS IT AND YOU CAN DO IT......!

-- Contributed by: Rick

Hi Barbara,

Stop-smoking gum sold in other countries may contain sugar. As I was looking for the answer to your question, I was very surprised to learn that cigarettes themselves have sugar in them. This is to mask the taste of the nicotine. Every time a smoker takes a drag off of a cigarette, they are putting sugar into their system, too. This may be part of the reason why people who have recently quit replace the cigarettes with candies (it's a way to keep the sugar coming into the body).

Re the amount of carbs in Nicorette: According to CalorieKing.com, there are 0.2 g of carbohydrates in Nicorette gum.

JC Redmond LoveToKnow Editor

-- Contributed by: JC Redmond

I bought some nicorette gum from another country. It says it has sucrose in it. Do other countries not use the sugar free that the US claims it uses in their gum? If it comes from another country, how many carbs are in it.

-- Contributed by: Barbara
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