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Home / Health Conditions / Smoking Cessation / Experts Say ‘Cold Turkey’ Is The Best Way To Quit Smoking

Experts Say ‘Cold Turkey’ Is The Best Way To Quit Smoking

 

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What’s the best way to kick a smoking habit? New research suggests quitting all at once beats a more gradual approach.

The study found that after four weeks, nearly half of those who quit “cold turkey” were still not smoking. But, among people who quit gradually over two weeks, only 39 percent were smoke-free at four weeks, researchers said.

READ: App Helps Smokers Overcome Top 3 Barriers To Quitting

“Most people thought cutting down would suit them better,” said study lead author Nicola Lindson-Hawley. She’s a post-doctoral researcher with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. “But whatever they thought, it turned out they were better to try to quit abruptly.”

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Findings from the study were published online March 14 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Smoking is still the leading preventable cause of death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each year, approximately 400,000 Americans die because of smoking, the CDC says. And for every person who dies due to smoking, another 30 people are living with smoking-related illness, the government agency reports.

The good news is that stopping smoking greatly reduces the risk of smoking-related diseases, the CDC notes.

Unfortunately, quitting smoking for good is no easy task. And no wonder: Research has suggested that nicotine is as addicting as drugs such as heroin and cocaine, the CDC says.

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Smokers who try to quit often suffer from stress, hunger and weight gain, according to the CDC. These all contribute to low quit rates. Strategies such as using nicotine replacement therapy and getting counseling can help, however. And many people do succeed in quitting, even if it takes several attempts.

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