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I started using the lozenge about 15 months ago...was able to stop smoking for a couple months while on the lozenge, got off the lozenge, good for a few weeks, started smoking again, so I got back on the lozenge, with the same process occurring.
Given this cycle, my desire to not smoke and my inadequate willpower to do so, I came to the conclusion that I best not get off the lozenge as I would surely be tempted to start smoking again. Therefore, I have been taking it for about the last 6 months.
Now for another question, given in arbitrary terms though open to debate (more for reinforcement of my nicotine addiction however), is the clinically supported findings of psychoanalytic benefits of nicotine. Inducing attentiveness and moderating anxiety are some of the most commonly cited ones.