Smoking Cessation Statistics

If you really want to quit smoking, ask for support. As the statistics below show, getting help will dramatically increase your chances of quitting.

• Seven percent of over-the-counter nicotine patch and gum quitters quit for at least six months

• A physician's advice to quit can increase quitting odds by 30 percent to ten percent at six months

• High intensity counseling of greater than 10 minutes can increase six month quitting rates to 22 percent when added to any quitting method, cold turkey or NRT

• Quitting programs involving 91 to 300 minutes of contact time can increase six month quitting rates to 28 percent, regardless of quitting method

• Quitting programs involving 8 or more treatment sessions can increase six month quitting rates to 24.7 percent

• Bupropion (Zyban/Wellbutrin) use can generate quitting rates 13 percentage points above placebo rates at six months. This fact is stated as such in that all bupropion studies to date have included counseling or support elements (having their own proven efficacy) and bupropion has not been tested in an over-the-counter type setting, as have NRT.

• Allen Carr method. Allen Carr clinics claim a 90 percent success rate based on their money-back guarantee, in helping smokers stop. An independent scientific study (referred to above) has shown that after twelve months 53 percent remain non-smokers after one year, achieving by far the highest success rate of any smoking cessation method.

Source: Wikipedia

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