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Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking



Published: May 22, 2008

For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision.



Smokers tend to quit in groups, the study finds, which means smoking cessation programs should work best if they focus on groups rather than individuals. It also means that people may help many more than just themselves by quitting: quitting can have a ripple effect prompting an entire social network to break the habit.


Bonifacio Torres enjoys a cigarette alone in New York, but many smokers find they give up smoking as part of a group.


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