Quitting can be such a drag
15 March 2016 - 02:44
Going cold turkey is the best way to stop smoking, a study by researchers at Oxford University has found.The study, reported in the latest journal of Annals of Internal Medicine, used a sample of 697 smokers who wanted to quit.The group was split into two. The "abrupt cessation group were given a date on which to stop smoking; the second group, the gradual cessation group, had to quit gradually over two weeks.
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