Published online on July 9, 2018 at PLoS One, according to study Table 7, the number of smokers who successfully quit smoking cigarettes by each method were: 56 Cold turkey (abrupt smoking cessation without e-cig use) 27 Any e-cigarette use 20 Gradually cut smoking (without e-cig use) 05 Nicotine replacement therapy (without e-cig use) 05 Cessation pharmacology (Zyban or Chantix without e-cig use) 02 Alternative forms of tobacco (without e-cig use) As you may have noticed, that adds up to 117
Going cold turkey might be better You can choose to cut down on your cigarettes gradually before your quit date, or smoke as you normally do up until your quit date
Have cough lozenges and over-the-counter (OTC) medication on hand for nausea, cough, and other flu-like symptoms you may experience
However, for those who are quitting because of a serious smoking-related health problem, cold turkey can be the quickest way to improve your health or to keep it from further deteriorating
Cold turkey clobbers e-cigs, NRT and Chantix Cold turkey generating 11 times more ex-smokers than NRT in this study of 374 quitters, has widespread e-cigarette use diminished tolerance of teasingly slow and unsatisfying replacement nicotine
