Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2009-11-04
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
Intro: Smokers who swapped to low-tar cigarettes were less likely to successfully quit the habit
Smokers who hope to kick the habit by first switching to a low-tar or mild brand of cigarette may actually find it harder to quit, researchers said today.
They found that smokers who traded to light cigarettes were 50 per cent less likely to kick the habit.
'It may be that smokers think that a lighter brand is better for their health and is therefore an acceptable alternative to giving up completely,' said study author Dr Hilary Tindle from the University of Pittsburgh.
Her study of 31,000 smokers found that 12,000, or 38 per cent, had switched to a lighter brand.
Nearly half of these said they had switched brands because they wanted to smoke a less harmful cigarette and hoped to give up smoking completely.
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