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Simon Chapman and Ross MacKenzie review the evidence and argue that health promotion messages should emphasize that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation.
Jump to full article: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-02-09
Author: Simon Chapman*, Ross MacKenzie / School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Intro: Summary Points
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Research shows that two-thirds to three-quarters of ex-smokers stop unaided. In contrast, the increasing medicalisation of smoking cessation implies that cessation need be pharmacologically or professionally mediated.
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Most published papers of smoking cessation interventions are studies or reviews of assisted cessation; very few describe the cessation impact of policies or campaigns in which cessation is not assisted at the individual level.
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Many assisted cessation studies, but few if any unassisted cessation studies, are funded by pharmaceutical companies manufacturing cessation products.
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Health authorities should emphasise the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation.
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