ALERT: MileOne’s 2016 health insurance premiums will include a discount for non-tobacco users.

To be eligible for the special rate you must abstain from tobacco for 90 days prior to open enrollment.

Tobacco can adversely impact your well-being. If you need help kicking the habit, there are a number of products that may assist in the effort.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the term “tobacco product” refers to anything made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption. This includes products such as:

Cigarettes
Cigars
Hookah
Electronic Cigarettes
Smokeless Tobacco
Dissolvable Tobacco
Pipe

There is no safe form of tobacco use. All forms contain nicotine, which can cause addiction and health problems. And if you want to quit smoking, you may need the help of a product that is intended to assist in beating addiction.

There are two categories of smoking cessation products — those that include nicotine and those that do not. Nicotine replacement products are designed to wean your body off cigarettes as it supplies you with nicotine in controlled amounts while sparing you from other harmful chemicals found in tobacco products. Available over the counter and by prescription, nicotine replacement products should be used for a short time to help you deal with nicotine cravings and withdrawal.

Chantix and Zyban are two products that don’t contain nicotine. Chantix acts at sites in the brain affected by nicotine to provide some nicotine effects to ease withdrawal. Zyban helps patients abstain from smoking, but the precise means by which it accomplishes this is unknown.

Quitting is a difficult – and personal – experience. Be sure to talk to your doctor to determine the best approach for you.