BMJ  2006;332 (25 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7539.0-c

Don't plan to quit, just do it

The prevailing model of smoking cessation, in which smokers typically prepare their attempts to quit in advance, believing that doing so increases their chances of success, may not be correct. In a cross sectional household survey by West and Sohal (p458), 918 smokers who had tried to quit at least once and 996 ex-smokers reported their most recent attempt to stop smoking: 49% involved no previous planning, and unplanned quit attempts had a greater chance of succeeding for at least six months.

Credit: SHEILA TERRY/SPL

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Article

"Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey

Robert West and Taj Sohal
BMJ 2006 332: 458-460. [Full Text] [PDF]