At a nurse visit one week before their final-quit day, the gradualists had reduced their cigarette consumption, on average, by 48% -- just short of the 50% goal
The CDC agrees, citing evidence that using both counseling and some kind of medication during a quit journey is more successful than doing only one of those things
The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday
Heres what the American Cancer Society says about quitting, and the often-discouraging statistics: The truth is that quit smoking programs, like other programs that treat addictions, often have fairly low success rates
However, the people in this study were not heavy smokers
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