1. Nicotine Patches
You can find nicotine patches at local drugstores. These products, like Nicoderm CQ, work by delivering small doses of nicotine through your skin, so as to reduce your cravings. You progress through a series of increasingly lower dose patches, until you’re essentially weaned off of nicotine. The Mayo Clinic says the process usually takes between eight and 12 weeks.
2. Nicotine Gum
The oral habit of smoking can sometimes be as difficult to break as the nicotine addiction itself. Over-the-counter nicotine gums deliver nicotine to help reduce your cravings. Like the patch, smokers begin with a higher dose or frequency, reducing it over time to wean themselves off of nicotine. Unlike the patch, gums like Nicorette also give quitting smokers something to do with their mouth.