Deciding to stop smoking is an important and difficult choice. It’s also important that you choose the approach that will work best for you.
You may decide to quit smoking abruptly or to reduce how many cigarettes you smoke gradually over time to break quitting into manageable chunks – it’s up to you!
Things to Consider About Quitting Gradually
If you are thinking about quitting smoking gradually, you may want to think about these things:
You gain the flexibility to reduce your habit bit by bit.
Reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke is a positive step towards quitting smoking.
As you are still smoking cigarettes, you may find it harder to quit smoking completely in the long run.
You continue to damage your health and spend money on smoking until you quit for good.
How Does Reducing Smoking help Quit Smoking?
Reduce to Quit is when you gradually reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke while managing your nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms with a NICORETTE® Gum or NICORETTE® InvisiPatch until you’re ready to quit for good.
Why don't you aim to give up smoking completely in six months? However, each quit journey is unique so set a goal that achievable to you.
Also, read about how to quit smoking abruptly here.
