The provision not only of nicotine-replacement products but of schedules, structure and professional encouragement for gradual quitters likely optimized those participants likelihood of success, the researchers said
Or to look and feel younger
At a nurse visit one week before their final-quit day, the gradualists had reduced their cigarette consumption, on average, by 48 percent just short of the 50 percent goal
A study of nearly 700 smokers published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that 22 percent of those who quit cold turkey were still cigarette-free six months after their quit date
Choose a reason that is strong enough to outweigh the urge to light up
By the time you get to your nether regions, you have had enough, said Robert West, a psychologist at University College London, and one of the authors of the paper