JVS
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:23 AM
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Can nicotine gum be used in reverse? |
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I've always wondered if non-smokers could use nicotine gum to build up a raging nicotine addiction and then become heavy smokers. Any willing participants for such an experiment?
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:33 AM
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1. I tried to beat my tobacco addiction with gum. |
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It doesn't work. The Carr method does.
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:43 AM
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2. Taking your cigarettes and running them over with a carr? |
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Sun Feb-06-05 01:39 AM
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6. It worked for me about 10 years ago. |
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It was a strong addiction which went back for many years. I had shifted to dipping Copenhagen, which was probably a stronger addiction than cigarettes. (I was 'mainlining" the nicotine directly through my gums). My dentist got concerned at the spots of irritation on my gums, and wrote me out a prescription for Nicorex. (She may have been the ONLY dentist in Seattle who had copies of Z in her waiting room).
It required close adherence to the directions, which involved slow and deliberate chewing of the gum, at specified intervals. I was just starting on the third box when I figured that I was "cured". At that same time, I also started chewing regular gum pretty heavily. (There were tines when my jaws really ACHED).
That was over 10 years ago, and I may have grown a lot more cranky & irritable over that, but it WORKED. Since then, it became OTC, but I've been assured that the nicotine strength was unchanaged. Give it a try.
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:51 AM
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4. i am sure it works.... |
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but Timmy wouldn't have loooked as cool continually chewing as he did continously blowing smoke.
think about it
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Sun Feb-06-05 12:55 AM
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nicotine is addictive. i'm pretty sure it would be addictive in any form.
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Sun Feb-06-05 03:17 AM
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I've heard that if you've never smoked and started chewing nicotine gum, you'd become addicted to the gum.
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Sun Feb-06-05 03:46 AM
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9. That's almost certainly correct |
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because in your mind, the feeling from the nicotine hit would be associated with chewing the gum. Therefore you would crave the gum, not a cigarette.
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