Vitamist Smoke-Less Review

Nicotine withdrawal brings on a host of health issues, and in the person who has just quit cigarettes, these are combines with leftover effects of having been a smoker. Vitamist Smoke-Less is an oral vitamin spray that helps smokers to quit by providing them with certain nutrients in which smokers are often deficient as well as other ingredients to help their bodies recover from the effects of smoking.

The spray mist is packaged in a small colorful tube and is intended to be a substitute for smoke. The idea is that rather than reach for a pack of cigarettes, the smoker will reach for their Vitamist Smoke-Less instead. The product is one of Vitamist’s line of oral spray vitamins that are formulated and specialized for various nutritional needs.

How Vitamist Smoke-Less Works

The product consists of a third of the daily recommended intake for Vitamin E, 200 percent of their recommended intake of Vitamin B6 and all of their daily recommended dosage of Vitamin B12. In addition to the vitamins, Vitamist Smoke-Less also has extracts from a variety of herbs including rose hips, hops, burdock, echinacea and Valerian root. The vitamins in Vitamist Smoke-Less are meant to compensate for a smoker’s lowered immunity due to cigarettes which will help to boost the immune system that has been weakened by smoking. Some of the herbal ingredients are included to help detoxify the body. Here are some of the main ingredients and their functions:

• B6 is considered by the American Cancer Society to be essential for proper functioning of the immune system as well as for the maintenance of the nervous system and for good cellular metabolism.

• Rose hips are a source of vitamin C which acts as an antioxidant, helping the body to protect itself from the free radicals in cigarette smoke. This could be helpful in preventing emphysema and cancer further down the road.

• The kudzu plant has long been used in China for it’s various medicinal properties. The isoflavonoids it contains may fight certain types of cancer and it may also help with the production of serotonin in the brain.

• Burdock helps to remove some of the toxins ingested by smoking.

• Both hops and Valerian are widely considered to be effective sleeping aids as well as useful medications for reducing the tension that may arise from quitting cigarettes. Hops are also a digestive aid.

Pros

• The ingredients it contains do have some nutritional value and it is an effective way of taking in nutrients which may help a quitting smoker to recover their health more quickly.

• It is a conveniently packaged method of carrying and taking vitamins. The spray tube is small enough to fit in a purse or pocket.

• Oral spray medications are absorbed by the body more rapidly.

Cons

• Many of the ingredients are unproven scientifically as aids to help with quitting cigarettes. This means that its effectiveness may lie in how much faith the user places in the word of the makers of the product.

• Much of the addiction to smoking is physical, meaning, it is the addiction to the physical aspect of lighting up and holding a cigarette. Vitamist Smoke-Less does not address that part of the problem.

Conclusion

While some of the ingredients may have a mild effect on the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, they are unlikely to be strong enough to make a significant impact. Overall, the product appears to be just another way to recombine and repackage vitamins and herbal ingredients. All of the supplements contained in it are available in pill form in most health food stores and therefore for most people there is no real need, other than convenience, to use this product.