Named an effective way to quit smoking

News24xx.com - A group of scientists led by Scott Halpern from the University of Pennsylvania found that electronic cigarettes do not contribute to cessation of smoking. It turned out that the best way is to encourage monetary refusal of habit. The article is published in the journal «New England Journal of Medicine» and was reported by "CBS News".

The study involved about six thousand smokers who underwent health programs. The volunteers were divided into several groups according to methods that were supposed to help quit smoking.

The first group was provided with motivating information about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle; the second offered nicotine patches and pharmaceuticals; The third was given electronic cigarettes. The last two groups, who also used nicotine patches or other methods, additionally received $ 600, which participants could lose if they did not abstain for six months.

It turned out that in those groups in which participants were offered ordinary help, only 0.1 percent of the respondents quit smoking. For the remaining groups, these rates ranged from 0.5 to 3 percent, and the best result was demonstrated by those participants who received money. At the same time, the total costs were less than the costs of efforts undertaken by large companies to encourage the refusal of their employees from smoking.