If you are looking for a ‘crutch’ to lean on while you go through the motions of quitting you are in luck. Stop smoking aids are available by the aisle full. You can just abut walk into any major store or pharmacy and find the latest quit aid.

With so many different solutions and so many promises about how quickly you will get results, it’s small wonder that people have difficulty choosing just one. So which quit smoking aid do you choose? Which are the best ones?

One could argue that all you need to do is pick one type of aid, try it and if it doesn’t work then move on to the next one. I guess if it was that easy and feasible to do so more people would stop.

You see there isn’t exactly the perfect stop smoking aid. They all have their pros and cons depending on what you require to help you kick the habit. Following is a little bit of information on the most popular and effective to help get you started.

1. Nicotine Stop Smoking Gum

Nicotine gum is a chewing gum that delivers nicotine into the bloodstream with the intention of aiding in gradual smoking cessation. Each piece of gum typically contains 2 or 4 mg of nicotine, roughly equivalent to 1 or 2 cigarettes. Your dosage would depend on your smoking habits.

2. Nicotine Lozenges

The nicotine lozenge is much the same as the nicotine stop smoking gum and is also available in the two strengths, either 2mg or 4mg. They are available in a variety of flavors and in the same way you would suck on a lozenge to relieve a sore throat you would suck on the nicotine lozenge to release nicotine into your bloodstream.

3. The Patch

The nicotine patch is placed on your skin and comes in 21 mg, 14mg or 7 mg. Most patches are worn for 16 or 24 hours and are replaced with a new one on a different area of skin. Nicotine is absorbed through the skin while the patch is on and your dosage will depend on how many cigarettes you smoke a day.

Smokeless tobacco users can also use any one of these stop smoking aids but may prefer the chewing gum as it is much the same as chewing tobacco. This however is not a hard and fast rule. You can choose whichever suits you best.

Don’t feel despondent if one aid does not work. Whichever aid you choose, if it doesn’t help then it is okay to try another method. Many smokers trying to quit use numerous aids that work best in certain situations.