Quit Smoking Timeline: Benefits You'll Feel After Nicotine Replacement Therapy

• Your lungs.
• Stay smoke free for 10 years and your risk of lung cancer will be cut in half compared to that of a smoker.
• Your heart.
• Other benefits.
• 12 weeks after quitting smoking your circulation will have improved.[5]

Mild itching, redness, burning, and stinging at the application site may occur. Stop using this product and tell your doctor if redness caused by the patch does not go away after 4 days. Nausea, dizziness, flushing, heartburn, or headache may also occur.

How the NicoDerm CQ Patch works. The NicoDerm CQ Patch releases nicotine that passes through the skin and into the body, helping to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings. The NicoDerm CQ Patch is very thin and uses special material to control how fast nicotine passes through the skin.

Overall, the findings suggest that the nicotine patch is a useful tool for people trying to quit smoking. A smaller but more recent study in 2021 also found that daily use of the nicotine patch (or a combination of the patch and nicotine gum) resulted in a lower risk of daily smoking for participants.

All have been shown to be safe and effective for adults who smoke cigarettes. These quit-smoking medicines include nicotine replacement medicines (the nicotine patch, lozenge, gum, oral inhaler, and nasal spray) and pill medicines (varenicline and bupropion SR).

NicoDerm CQ is a nicotine patch that's specially designed to help you quit smoking. It helps prevent the urge to smoke for up to 24 hours with Extended Release SmartControl® Technology. Clear Backing. Covers nicotine and helps prevent nicotine evaporation.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy is safe to use. Quit-smoking medicines containing nicotine (NRTs) do not cause death and diseases like cigarettes do. Most of the dangers of smoking are due to the hundreds of toxic chemicals in the cigarette smoke, not the nicotine.

Skin redness, itching, or burning (rotate the patch to a different site each day). Headache (try a lower dose patch). Sleep disturbances such as difficulty sleeping and vivid dreams (remove patch at night).

Mild itching, redness, burning, and stinging at the application site may occur. Stop using this product and tell your doctor if redness caused by the patch does not go away after 4 days. Nausea, dizziness, flushing, heartburn, or headache may also occur.

Call your doctor or get medical help if any of these side effects or any other side effects bother you or do not go away:

• Trouble sleeping.
• Bad dreams.
• Feeling nervous and excitable.
• Headache.
• Joint pain.
• Back pain.
• Irritation where nicotine patch is used.
• Flu-like signs.

Don't wear two patches at once unless directed to do so by your healthcare provider. Over time (typically after 8 to 12 weeks), you should lower the dose with the goal of stopping use of the patch completely. The nicotine patch is typically worn for 24 hours. The patch can even be worn when showering or bathing.

When a person using a nicotine patch smokes, the nicotine coming from the patch blocks the extra nicotine from the cigarette acting in the brain. This means the act of smoking is unrewarding and the power of it is undermined.