Tobacco Addicts Find New Hope in Natural Product Said to Address the Four Aspects of Addiction

Rid-tobak from India offers a four-pronged attack on tobacco addiction in an easy to use, herbal oral preparation that results in behavior modification without withdrawal symptoms. It is finally available in the USA via website at www.rid-tobak.com.

New Jersey (PRWEB) September 26, 2005 -- An Indian researcher may have the answer to tobacco addiction -- perhaps the greatest killer in the world today. Although 60% of USA smokers say they would like to quit, only a few actually find the 'ideal moment' and the internal drive to undertake the process.

At least 43 of the 4,000 chemicals released into tobacco smoke are known carcinogens. Pulmonary cancer is the first disease we think about, but there are others including emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and oral diseases such as leucoplakia, laryngeal cancer, oral cancer and sub mucous fibrosa linked with the use of cigars and snuff (dipping) or chaw (chewing tobacco) as well as with cigarette smoking. Halitosis is also a symptom of tobacco use.

It is generally accepted that the narrowing of blood vessels caused by nicotine also contributes to high blood pressure, and that patients suffering from hypertension should be among the first to quit their tobacco habits. Snuff and chewing habits are no less dangerous than smoking -- perhaps even more dangerous.

There are four aspects to tobacco addiction. Traditional therapies generally address only one or two of these. The components are (1) Taste of the tobacco, (2) Craving for nicotine -- a body chemistry reaction to the toxin, nicotine, (3) the desire for the Kick of nicotine when smoke is inhaled and (4) the resurgence of Anxiety when tobacco is withdrawn, since tobacco use has an anti-psychotropic effect.

Life's pressures beset us all, and it is not everyone who can handle them well without some kind of crutch. Unfortunately for many, that often takes the form of tobacco, with all of its negative health implications. Most tobacco users need a lot of help to give up their habit. Until recently, the type of help available has addressed only one or two of the four components of tobacco addiction.

Enter Rid-tobak onto the American scene. This herbal extract of six plants has been developed, improved and used over ten years in India by hundreds of allopathic practitioners as an aid to tobacco de-addiction. Several drops are taken orally and allowed to rest in the mouth for two minutes a few times a day.

The success rates over 20,000 subject trials have been variously reported between 84% to near 100%. Why so high? Because, according to the primary researcher, Dr Mehta, Rid-tobak addresses all four of the components of addiction.

Whereas nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the form of gum or patches helps handle the craving, and anxiety medications (Wellbutrin, etc) address the anxiety component of withdrawal, neither of them address the missing taste or kick from tobacco that are part of the behavior pattern smokers or chewers must escape.

Rid-tobak actually modifies the user's experience of tobacco, so that he no longer finds it appealing. Tobacco becomes flat or even unpleasant tasting... but at the same time the kick of using it is gone and the anxiety of withdrawal is absent and craving is controlled. The product is offered on the Internet and after some time will be available in stores that carry herbal supplements, and eventually in pharmacies. The website also contains many links to topics on tobacco addiction.

The product is sold as an "Anti-tobacco Mouth Freshener" and the two week supply is sufficient for most people to completely escape from their tobacco use. It is unlikely that users of Rid-tobak will return to their habit because they have been impressed with a different and unattractive experience of tobacco... therefore, their perception of it is no longer that of a pleasant refuge or pastime, according to the manufacturer in Gujarat, India. Of course, for those who have a tendency to recidivism, it would still be wise to have a secondary supply of the product on hand.

The only caveat is that the addict must stick with using it until the supply is exhausted -- about two weeks. By that time, for most people, behavior modification is complete.

At $24.95 MSRP (just 15% to 50% of the cost of competing products that address only one or two of the four aspects of addiction), Rid-tobak presents itself as the least expensive and potentially most effective aid for quitting tobacco currently available -- whether by prescription or OTC.

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