Nicorette Inhaler Starter Pack

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Active Ingredients

Nicotine.

Inactive Ingredients

Menthol is added as flavour.

Product Description

The Nicorette Inhaler Starter Pack is a type of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). It helps the smoker quit by relieving the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal and by alleviating their desire to smoke. The Nicorette Inhaler Starter Pack can assist smokers who need to stop smoking temporarily, such as on a long-haul flight. It also helps smokers who cannot, or will not, quit to smoke less by providing periods when they can abstain from smoking. The inhaler enables the smoker to satisfy their physiological craving for nicotine and reaches its full effectiveness after approximately 30 minutes. It allows the user to recreate the action of smoking and gives them something to do with their hands. This may not seem important but some smokers who try to quit really miss the physical habit of lifting a cigarette to and from the mouth.

While the Nicorette Inhaler may look like a plastic cigarette, it is quite different. The inhaler only delivers nicotine to the mouth and not the lungs. The nicotine that does enter the system through this method is absorbed much more slowly than it is by smoking cigarettes. In this way it provides enough nicotine to the body to overcome the unpleasantness of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms are often exhibited as irritability and anxiety, mood swings, mild depression, trouble sleeping or concentrating. These are part of the reason why many smokers find it so difficult to quit.

The inhaler is a great choice for those who are not enamoured of the thought of chewing NRT gum but who also want something more flexible than NRT patches. The Nicorette Inhaler can be used whenever a nicotine craving hits and, when combined with a strong desire to quit smoking, increases the chances of giving up smoking completely.

The Nicorette Inhaler Starter Pack contains 6 inhaler cartridges and 1 mouthpiece and is a great way to try this form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.

Dosage

• The Nicorette Inhaler is intended to be used for a period of at least three months in order to give you the best chance to quit smoking. If you stop using the inhaler before the 12 weeks are up you will still find your body craving nicotine and may still experience the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. It is during this time that you are most likely to start smoking again. It does, however, depend on the individual. The more you used to smoke during a day then the greater your chances of experiencing symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
• You should use the inhaler whenever you feel the urge to smoke. In this regard, you can puff on the inhaler the same way that you would a cigarette. To work out how many cartridges you will need, you can use the rough guide of one inhaler cartridge being the equivalent of four cigarettes. So if you would normally smoke 20 cigarettes a day then you would probably require about 6 cartridges per day.
• After about 20 twenty minutes of use, either with deep inhalation or shallow puffing, you will have used up all the nicotine in the cartridge and it should be replaced. Broken down into approximate totals, this is the equivalent of about 80 deep inhalations or 300 shallow puffs. There is no point in continuing to use the cartridge after all the nicotine is gone because you will not derive any real benefit from it. Not that you are expected to worry about counting each puff. Most users who have successfully quit smoking have averaged about 6 to 12 cartridges a day. You can expect to feel relief from nicotine cravings around half an hour after you start an inhaler session.

Warnings and Cautions

• Adults under 18 years of age and children should not use the Nicorette Inhaler.
• You should not use Nicorette Inhaler if you are a non-smoker.
• It is not for use by those who are pregnant or intend to become pregnant.
• You should not use Nicorette Inhalers if you have recently had a stroke or heart attack, or suffer from heart disease, including palpitations and uncontrolled angina.
• Nicorette Inhalers are not suitable for use by people who are allergic to nicotine or sensitive to menthol.
• Nicorette Inhalers should be used with caution if you have asthma or chronic throat diseases.
• Caution should also be taken if you have gastritis, duodenal or gastric ulcers, irregular heartbeat, hypertension, or peripheral vascular disease.