How to Quit Smoking
It’s not as hard as you think!
Need a reason to quit? Then watch this video!
It’s a shame for you to struggle with your smoking habit - when quitting could be so simple…
Congratulations on your decision to stop smoking!
Now it is just a question of finding the right method. With so many programs, and so many claims out there, it can be difficult to decide which method to use.
We have reviewed the top stop smoking methods to find the best and most effective. So take a bit of time to look at them and decide which will work best for you.
Then pick one of them!
Remember, you will NEVER quit if you keep putting that decision off. Decide TODAY that you will take action. Decide today, to order a program, and then use it wholeheartedly.
This is not the time for procrastination. You have made it this far - you know you need to stop, and you know that you need help to do so. Now take the next step, take ACTION.
You will be surprised to discover that with the right program and the right support, it is actually a lot easier to stop smoking than you were led to believe. But you HAVE to pick a program that works.
Which is why we have put these reviews together for you.
Oh, and one word about cost. All of these programs (except cold turkey) will cost you money. Don’t be put off by that. What matters is not how much they cost, but DO THEY WORK?
Whatever the cost, if they are successful in breaking your habit, they will easily pay for themselves in a month or two, just by the money you save by not buying cigarettes.
But if they don’t work, the real cost is not the price of the program, but the months or years of smoking you will do before you try again. And that will be many times the price of even the most expensive method.
So, forget the price. Focus on the effectiveness. Which one will work for you? Decide. Then buy it. And use it.
Do it now, today, before the moment passes.
How Have We Done Our Reviews?
We have reviewed each program for not only what they offer, but whether their claims are founded in reality or just advertising hype. Along with the product reviews, we have also analyzed their fine print as it applies to guarantees and returns so there are no surprises if you don’t think the offerings are for you.
You’ll notice that we favor stop smoking programs that do not use conventional offerings such as nicotine replacement products and pharmaceuticals. This is because they have less than a 10% long term success rate.
We also review a few ‘instant’ smoking cessation methods but again they don’t rate very high on our long term success chart as they are seriously lacking in education and support – and at times believability.
Our investigations begin by looking at the information and education that each program provides as this is the most important aspect of any stop smoking program. Without the proper information to help you quit, no pill, patch, or aid will ‘make’ you quit.
Then we analyze the type of cessation aids each program uses or recommends - making sure that the herbal formulation contain the known ingredients that WILL help you to quit smoking. Herbal formulations have the ability to mimic the effects of nicotine without being addictive. Plus, they also have the added benefit of making cigarettes taste bad. Keep in mind what we said about information and education though – no cessation aid will make you quit. Education still takes precedent over any aid as the more you know about quitting, the more successful you will be.
Finally we take into account each program’s guarantees and fees. Again, we must stress that the cost of a program is a pittance compared to smoking, so cost should be the least of your considerations. This applies to the guarantees as well. As long as the guarantee gives you enough time to evaluate the program or product without risk, then that should be adequate.
Do not judge a program on the length of its guarantee, even if some promise your money back three months later if you don’t quit. If your buying considerations are based on whether you get your money back if you don’t quit, then maybe you are not quite ready to quit. Remember a money back guarantee is only good if you fail to quit. If you make your buying decision based on the guarantee, then really you are already planning to fail!
First make sure you really want to quit. Then choose the program that most appeals to you. They will all work – some just better than others.
Go into it with the determination to succeed, and you will find it a whole lot easier than you expect!
Has anyone tested or looked into FinalSmoke.com? I would like to compare it to these others you have listed.
Thanks for this great website.
Hi Sandy,
Matter of fact, we have looked into Final Smoke. Looks good to us. However we have sent in requests to have a few questions answered, but nobody has ever gotten back to us. So unfortunately we cannot recommend them at this time without these answers. Mostly what is holding us back here is obviously the lack of customer support follow-up.
Chris
I am trying a formula called SeMax. It is a homeopathic that you use through out the day and can continue to smoke until it starts to work. I will let you know how it works. I looked into Final Smoke and it seems over priced and complicated. But if it works than that is all that matters. I have herd good things about Lobelia tincture under the tongue every time you are craving one, and it helps curb the craving a lot and you can continue to smoke until your body responds to that one also. Both are safe and no side effects.
Hi Mandee,
Yes, please let us know how it works so we can look further into it as well.
Chris
Came across this website recently, haven’t purchased the book yet but I’ve been very impressed with the free report given out, some good tips and worth a try.
Hi Dave,
If you do order, please let us know how you make out.
Chris
Do you have any information, pros / cons on a product Smoke Remedy by Living Well Remedies? I quit for 8 years cold turkey and have been trying to do the same currently, but it’s not working. I’ve tried the patch, wellbutrin, hypnosis, etc. and nothing seems to work. Perhaps if I can quit it will inspire my husband to do the same. I smoke perhaps 1/2 pack a day. He, on the other hand, smokes about 3 packs a day.
Smoke Remedy also has a companion product that supposedly helps your lungs recover and they are selling as a package.
Thanks for your help!
Hi Teri,
Unfortunately I don\’t have any information on Smoke Remedy and therefore cannot make a recommendation. However I did notice that most of the methods you have tried before are nicotine replacement items.
Have you given our top recommended items a good look? They do work and they do not use NRT. I encourage you to send an email to them and get a feel for which program would work best for you.
Chris
Have you heard about or tested Zero Nicotine Patch? It claims to be herbal ingredients, formulated to alleviate the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal while cleansing the system of all smoking-related toxins. I like the idea of it being a patch worn 24 hours and that it supposedly cleanses the system of all nicotine, but like all internet products I am hesitant to order it.
Do you have any information on this product?
Thanks,
Amy
Hi Amy,
Yes, matter of fact we have. Even though they use a herbal system, they unfortunately didn\’t make our grade because our test support emails and inquiries either went unanswered or too way too long to be answered. So we simply chose not to include them. Not to say there is a anything wrong with the product, just that the support wasn\’t up to the standards we like to see.
I think you\’ll find that our top products will fit the bill, especially the End the Habit product as it relies more on the mental aspect of quitting smoking and uses supplements to assist, whereas a lot of other products rely on high doses and little on mind conditioning.
Do not concern yourself with ordering from the internet if you stick with our recommended products. I have never heard a complaint about delivery or efficacy. The same with Zero Nicotine. I have never heard a complaint.
Hope that helps.
Chris
I tried the SeMax and I was not impressed with it’s ability to curb the craving. I went ahead and bought some herbal smokes called “Honey Rose” and I have been Smoking 1-3 of those a day when the craving to smoke is over whelming, but I have been nicotine free for 5 days. I have been able to quit up to 5 and a half years, in the past, by using an herbal brand of smokes. My want to smoke the herbal ones diminishes in 2 to 3 weeks. I know it’s not as good as quitting cold turkey but it works for me. I do like that your products offer the emotional support needed, as smoking is a a stress related habit. I went and researched smoking and mental health, and if the physical effects of smoking don’t scare you enough to quit, what it can do to your mental health scared me enough to stop as I have had Panic disorder for the last 4 years and have smoked during that time. 90 percent of schizophrenics are smokers WOW!!!!!
Has anyone tried the Smoke Remedy System?
Hi Paul,
We had someone else ask about this system, but never heard anything back about it yet.
Chris
Has anyone tried ‘Smoke Relief’ - I heard it on the radio and looked it up - It’s an electronic water vapor cigarette. You get their starter package for $9.99 shipping and then after 30 days they charge a $69.99 fee monthly until you cancel. The thing preventing me from trying it is that I have heard horror stories about people enrolling in different programs(not just for quitting smoking) but then they try to cancel and can’t.
Please leave your thought is you have had any experience with this company.
Thanks!
Has any tried ‘Smoke Relief’? It’s a electronic water vapor cigarette - I want to try it but am skeptical of their ‘enrollment’ policy and canceling if I wanted to.
Thanks!
has anyone tried Smoke Remedy?
Please read or listen to ” Easy Way” by Allan Carr. It will change your life for the better. Maina from Kenya.
I have not tried Smoke Relief, but I have tried another electronic cigarette. I found it online. The offer was advertised as a Smoke51 product. I was not happy with it at all. When I inhaled I got A LOT of foul tasting liquid on my lips. When I tried to contact the company to get the RM# necessary to return it; I could not reach a live person. I got a recording with an e-mail address. This was of NO help! I sent numerous e-mails with the same generic response, & NO RM#. I finally mailed it back Priority Mail with notification of delivery. The company debited my account 3 times after they signed the delivery receipt. I found out through my bank, they also went by the name Easy Smoker as well as Smoke Anywhere in addition to Smoke51. All with the same address, but different phone#. When I called the alternate#, I heard the exact same recording. I filed a complaint with the BBB. I forwarded to them copies of the e-mails I sent trying to NO avail to get the RM#. I also forwarded the confirmation of delivery e-mail from the post office. My account has been credited all the charges except S&H. Lesson learned. BE VERY CAREFUL. FYI; the company was located : 3101 W. Hallandale Blvd Pembroke Park,FL. I have used other online trial offers for various things and absolutely No Problems
Brenda
Where can I get the lobelia inflata in NYC and how do I use it?
Thanks
Caroline
Hi Caroline,
You can get lobelia in most health food stores. That\’s the easy part.
Getting the details on how to use it effectively with a rounded stop smoking program is the domain of the people who wrote and supply the programs that we recommend.
If you have chosen to use lobelia as the supplement of choice in quitting smoking, then I would recommend the End the Habit program as it utilizes pure lobelia.
Regards,
Chris
I am wondering if anyone has tried the e-book Quit Smoking Live Longer. Would really appreciate some insight.
Thanks,
John
Hi John,
I haven\’t seen it, but perhaps someone else might chime in.
Thanks,
Chris
So I came across this product called Stop-It Smoking, they are Detoxifying Tablets that are homeopathic. I was wondering if you heard of this product and if actually helps detoxify? The company that
Haven\’t heard Tamara. Sorry.
My sister has had success in quitting smoking with a mix of nicotine patches and an herb called Rhodeolla (not sure if that is the correct spelling but it is close). I am attempting my own road to quiting as of today. I have found that the rhodeolla herb does help with cravings and stress in just one day. This herb has also been used as a help for memory loss. I hope everyone that truly wants to stop smoking does.
Hi Dawn,
We hope that everyone looking to quit finds a method that truly works for them. Very hard to explain the euphoria when you\’ve finally quit, but it is well worth it.
Chris
I tried final Smoke and it worked well to a point. It took away the cravings, but you have to take them every four hours and if you forget the cravings come right back.
It also makes you sick if you cheet and smoke.
If you can make sure you don’t miss a dose then it should work. Myself I always seem to forget.
It needs to be one dose a day for me.
Hi Lynn,
Wasn\’t quite sure what to make of your comments, but it appears that using this product was not successful due to limitations of the program. Is that correct? If so, could you explain more fully what those limitations are.
Chris
I’m big time into investing with MMUH and SFIO.
MMUH just bought out a distributor from Floridia that owns the E-cig, E-Cigarette name. I see Smoke reliefe using this name too. Is this who Smoke relief buys from or is Smoke relief being imported by themselves with no middle man?
I know a few who have quite vert sucessfuly with these.
Hi Tom,
Sorry, I am not really sure as I do not follow the electronic cigarette products at this time.
Chris
I need to know of a way to quit smoking as a heart patient I need something safe .Any suggestions ? Information would be appreciated .Thank you
Hi Loretta,
I believe you would be safe with any of the herbal formulations, especially lobelia. However I am not a physician and would recommend that you ask your doctor\’s opinion before beginning any program.
Regards,
Chris
I would like to offer a suggestion about the addiction and why many of the regular methods may not work. My husband and I both were smokers for more then 35 yrs.
Three years ago, due to prices as well as concern over the amount of harmful additives in over the counter cigarettes, we began ordering online from a Native American site. Not only are the cigarettes about 1/3 price of name brands, but are 100% additive free.
We immediately noticed withdrawal symptoms. Lasted about 7 days and while we did smoke more during that period, the symptoms were not near as severe as cold turkey from brand name cigarettes. But we refused to go back to commercial cigarettes.
After wards, we never again had the ‘hard’ need to smoke. In fact, it was more the habit then addiction. We could go hours, day without the feeling of “having to smoke”.
The few times we ran out before next order arrived, smoking our former name brand cigarettes was horrible. Its like we could taste the poisons, would end up with smokers cough, and just overall felt bad. All that would end as soon as we begin smoking our additive free ones.
We believe our many other methods of trying to quit failed due to the fact they do not address nor affect the addictions of the many chemicals in commercial cigarettes.
After withdrawing from the chemicals, it was much easier to quit without any aid (once we decided we wanted to quit).
More like a step down method of quitting. Since the nicotine withdrawal was no way as intense as times before.
All of this is only opinion and personal experience. Also, I am not posting this to promote the cigarettes we smoked.
Only wanted to give another angle to the ‘why so hard to quit’ discussion. Since I have never read anything about the addiction to additives, nor any information on the withdrawl of additives.
Hi Ann,
Appreciate your thoughts. Thank you for sharing.
I have heard about additive free cigarettes but have not have any experience with them.
Certainly it should be better than smoking name brands with the additives.
Thanks for the tip.
Chris
I have heard from someone today there is a pill that you can take to make the taste of cigs taste extremely bad and that is how that person quite smoking but they cannot remember the name of it.
Has anyone heard of this or tried this themself? Just curious.
Hi Kim,
Many pharmaceuticals make this claim. However if you are looking for the herb that does this, it is called lobelia inflata.
This is the main ingredient in one of our five star programs - End the Habit. Give it a look.
Best regards,
Chris
Have you heard of this?
Nicocure Quit Smoking pills are a proprietary blend of all natural herbal ingredients to help you quit smoking without putting more nicotine into your body. Nicocure pills contain Lobelia Inflata extract which improves the respiratory tract and acts as an expectorant for the lungs. Lobelia Inflata also alters the taste of tobacco, making it unpleasant to the smoker.
Hi Beth,
Yes, we have heard of Nicocure. They are in fact now called Smoke Deter, one of the products we recommend. They have changed their formulation to be a liquid spray instead of pills.
Also understand they have changed the blend of ingredients, so if you want to have a formulation with lobelia, please look at the End the Habit program as it uses pure lobelia in its product.
And yes, I do believe that lobelia is as effective as it is claimed to be.
Chris
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO QUIT SMOKING? I REALLY WANT/NEED TO QUIT. I HAVE TRIED WELBUTRIN, CHANTIX, THE PATCH. NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK. I WORK IN A STRESSFUL AREA AND AM SURROUNDED WITH STRESS AT HOME (SINGLE PARENT OF TEENAGER). ANY HELP FOR ME WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED, AND YES I WILL TRY ANYTHING THAT WILL ASSIST WITH MY ADDICTION TO SMOKING.
Hi David,
My advice would be to find a couple of stop smoking programs that appeal to you and then send an email to their support departments with a few questions.
It will become apparent who is there to help you when the times get tough.
Chris
I quit smoking after 40 years (2 packs a day). My sister quit first through some Indian program where you hold different viles, one at a time and your body is cleared of certain things, then at last you do the tobacco vile and it worked. I thought it was a joke. She had to go to Connecticut (from New York) to get it done. I live in Florida and had to go to another County where there was a Doctor who specialized in it. I can’t remember the name, but, if anyone is interested, I’ll call my sister and ask.
Hi Wally,
Interesting. Never heard of anything like this. Would be interested to know the name.
Chris
Hello everybody, I had finally quite smoking and this is amazing. I still have stress, but I try to manage it, I just walk for 1 hour a day. My advise to all smokers is to start slowly, don’t just quite next day. Try to smoke less, do not take cigarets with you everywhere, never smoke at home. Trust me, one day you will succeed. I was trying for one year until I quite. Good luck dear future non-smokers. I do not think you need any program. You were born free, not a slave of tobacco. So you have to manage yourself.
Hi Ana,
I am happy you quit smoking without assistance, but I must still recommend to my readers that they seek assistance as the quit rate for cold turkey is below 10%.
Again, I am glad you quit and wish you all the best.
Chris