Simon Chapman*, Ross MacKenzie, the authors of “The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences” an article in PLoS Medicine want us to believe that 75 percent people quit smoking without any help at all than with the help of pharmacotherapy or a combination of pharmacotherapy and other interventions.
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Where is the data for this amazing statistic?
It is largely invented and based on the skewed interpetation of the authors who want us to believe that their misleading and sloppy scholarship is less lethal than smoking. I am not sure myself and I hate smoking…
Here are the conclusions three of the studies they used to make this sweeping conclusion:
It is largely invented and based on the skewed interpetation of the authors who want us to believe that their misleading and sloppy scholarship is less lethal than smoking. I am not sure myself and I hate smoking…
Here are the conclusions three of the studies they used to make this sweeping conclusion:
“Approximately 43.5% of smokers reported a quit attempt in the preceding year: 64.2% of attempters used no cessation treatments; 8.8% used behavioral treatment; 32.2% used medication; and 14.1% used more than one treatment. Social support was reported to have been received by 24.1%. More nicotine-dependent smokers were more likely to use medications. Many U.S. smokers make quit attempts, but most do not use behavioral or pharmacologic treatments. More nicotine-dependent smokers were more likely to seek treatment. Smokers who sought treatment were less likely to report abstinence, probably due to biased self-selection and recall. Retrospective survey data are not well-suited to assess the effectiveness of treatment.” Am J Prev Med. 2008 Feb;34(2):102-11.
Use of smoking-cessation treatments in the United States.
“One fifth (19.9%) of those who attempted to quit smoking used one or more forms of assistance: self-help, counseling, and/or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Heavy smokers were more likely to use assistance than were light smokers. Women were more likely to use assistance than were men, and usage increased with age. Whites were more likely to use NRT than were other ethnic groups. Overall, those who used assistance had a higher success rate than those who did not; the 12-month abstinence rates were 15.2% and 7.0%, respectively.” (Am J Prev Med. 2000 May;18(4):305-11.
Smoking cessation with and without assistance: a population-based analysis.
And finally….
Each year, nearly 2 in 5 cigarette smokers try to quit, but fewer than 10% succeed.
