Quitting Smoking And Avoiding Relapse With The Use Of A Nicotine Test Kit
by Victor Battles,
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UNITED STATES, Nov 15 — A home nicotine test kit which gives immediate results could be an incentive to quit smoking and avoid relapse once your quit smoking goal has been achieved. The key to successfully stop smoking is to have a quit smoking plan which includes a quit date and the notification of family, friends and coworkers of your stop smoking plans with a request for support and understanding.
In addition to emotional support and encouragement, motivation in the form of measurable benefits is also an important ingredient of a successful quit smoking endeavor. Disclaimer:
This article is for informational purpose only and is not intended to be a alternative to medical consultation with a qualified healthcare professional
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home nicotine test kit which gives immediate results could be an incentive to quit smoking and avoid relapse once your quit smoking goal has been achieved. The key to successfully stop smoking is to have a quit smoking plan which includes a quit date and the notification of family, friends and coworkers of your stop smoking plans with a request for support and understanding.
In addition to emotional support and encouragement, motivation in the form of measurable benefits is also an important ingredient of a successful quit smoking endeavor. As with any endeavor that requires continuous effort and commitment, the main impetus to continue the effort is measurable benefit(s), such as the achievement of a desired weight from a weight reduction program, acing an examination after extensive studying or receiving a job promotion for diligent performance. Although blood pressure and heart rate decrease within 20 minutes of quitting smoking, these are the only benefits that are immediately measurable. Improved circulation which also occurs within 20 minutes of stopping smoking is not measurable, and other benefits such as improvement of cough and shortness of breath take weeks to months to be appreciated.
Other benefits such as reduced risk of cancer, stroke and heart disease occur one to several years after one has stopped smoking. Home urine nicotine test kits measure cotinine, a metabolite or breakdown product of nicotine which is measurable in the urine for from five to seven days following tobacco use and is an indirect indicator of the concentration of nicotine in the body.
There is only one nicotine test kit for home that samples urine on the market which provides an immediate measure of the concentration of cotinine from which one’s level of tobacco exposure can be determined based on the cotinine concentration expressed in nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) and the interpretation scale that accompanies the kit. A reading between 0 and 10 ng/ml is interpreted as a non-smoker with no nicotine exposure, whereas a concentration between 10 and 30 ng/ml is interpreted as a non-smoker with low passive nicotine exposure, also referred to as second-hand exposure.
Cotinine levels of between 30 and 100 ng/ml correlate with a non-smoker with higher degrees of passive nicotine exposure, and concentrations of 100 to 1000+ are interpreted as active smoking or use of tobacco products. In this creative model the level of nicotine exposure of the person participating in the quit smoking plan, henceforth referred to as the subject, as well as family members and other household contacts is determined by performing nicotine tests with the instant quantitative home test kit at the beginning of the stop smoking campaign and continued until the smoker has successfully managed to stop smoking.
Testing the subject from start date to stop date is designed to provide motivation and positive feedback so important for successfully stopping smoking. The testing of household contacts at or prior to the start date of the stop smoking plan is for the purpose of providing the subject with added motivation to begin the quit smoking campaign by providing evidence that can be measured showing the potential harm that his or her smoking habit poses for his or her dear ones if their test results are consistent with passive nicotine exposure.
Daily urine testing of the subject with recordings of declining cotinine levels, providing nicotine use is at least decreasing, is designed to provide the smoker with measurable positive feedback to continue the quit smoking campaign, even if the stop date has to be adjusted further into the future. Daily or random testing of household contacts until the quit smoking date has been reached is designed to provide additional immediate gratification and reward for the subject once cotininine level of the household contacts reaches the 0 to 10 ng/ml level.
Since relapse can be a significant issue with many smokers who have managed to stop initially, it would not be unreasonable for the former smoker to entrust family members, colleagues and or friends with permission to perform random quantitative urine nicotine testing as a surveillance safeguard and hopefully, a deterrent to relapse. It is appropriate and recommended that your doctor be involved in the nicotine testing and all aspects of the quit smoking plan if he or she is willing. Disclaimer:
This article is for informational purpose only and is not intended to be a alternative to medical consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. The author encourages Internet users to be cautious when using medical information and to consult your physician if you are unsure about your medical condition.
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Posted: December 22, 2009
Come on- this is supposed to work? What would I do when i gat a craving for a smoke? This doesn't seem like a long term solution.
Posted: November 17, 2009
Smokers wanting to stop can get advice from specially qualified pharmacy staff and even free products to help them control their cravings for nicotine.
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Come on- this is supposed to work? What would I do when i gat a craving for a smoke? This doesn't seem like a long term solution.
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Smokers wanting to stop can get advice from specially qualified pharmacy staff and even free products to help them control their cravings for nicotine.
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