Stop Smoking with Chantix Pills

Are you so addicted to smoking that you need to take a break every few minutes?

Does cigarette smoke hang around you permanently like a veil?

Do people shy away from you because you always smell of stale smoke?

If you answered yes to all of the above questions, it might be time for you to seriously consider taking some steps towards changing your image. Smoking is harmful to everyone, be it the smoker or the people around him/her. Research has found smoking can reduce life expectancy by as many as 14 years! Just think you lose 8 minutes of your life from smoking a single cigarette.

Smoking causes more than four million deaths every year and is considered to be the single largest cause of fatal diseases anywhere. More number of people dies from diseases caused by smoking than accidents (all types), suicide, murders and killings and AIDS combined. Such catastrophic figures have forced healthcare authorities to take drastic action against the habit of smoking by setting up special programs.

If you are serious about your decision to stop smoking, there are a number of resources that can help you get rid of the habit. These include counseling groups, special diets, exercise programs, and medications. Medications can again be over-the-counter or prescription only. Among the prescription only medications you will find Chantix - Zyban to be the most popular and effective ones.

Information on Chantix stop smoking medication

Chantix stop smoking medication from Pfizer that received approval from FDA in May this year. It is the first anti-smoking medication that was approved by FDA in nearly a decade and that too through an express review process. Chantix has proven to be highly successful in helping smokers get off the habit of smoking and then staying off it for a long time. The reason behind Chantix success is its formulation that has been designed such that it activates the nicotine receptor in the brain only partially. This action helps first reduce the carving for a smoke and then helps ease the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Moreover Chantix actually plays spoil sport for smokers by taking away the satisfaction they get from smoking.

Information on Zyban stop smoking medication

Zyban on the other hand is the first ever stop smoking medication that does not contain nicotine. While the exact action of Zyban is not known, this medication has without doubt proven itself to be one of the best anti-smoking medications around. The best part about Zyban is that you can continue to smoke till the date you decided to quit and still get started on this medication. Only thing is, your quitting date should be within the first two weeks of starting treatment. Manufactured by GSK, Zyban is also a prescription only medication and you need to do a consultation with a registered doctor for a prescription.

You can buy either Chantix or Zyban through a number of resources, either from your physical pharmacy or from an online pharmacy. However you should be ready to seriously give up smoking and face the withdrawal effects of nicotine addiction. Only then can any and all efforts including medication show any real effects.