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Honest Research? 6 Month Quit Smoking Success Rates Only 3-6%
Nov 9, 2009 
Damian O'Hara--
Recently a number of news outlets reported on a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin which concludes that the most effective way to quit smoking is a combination of the nicotine patch and the nicotine lozenge, but there are many questions raised by the research.
First, the research only covered methods involving drugs (most of them including the drug smokers are actually trying to stop). So methods like Allen Carr's Easyway - which has a success rate 8-10 times higher than NRT - were not included.
Secondly, the study does not provide smokers with the actual success rates for the products tested, instead they compare them in relation to each other. So, for example, we know that using a combination of the nicotine patch and lozenge increases a smoker's chance of being smoke-free after six months by over 200% over placebo.
Sounds impressive, right? But is it really?
The first question is a simple one: a 200% increase from what to what? From 1% to 3%? From 10% to 30%? This is what smokers really want to know, but this information is nowhere to be found.
According to Clive Bates, Director of ASH the UK's leading tobacco control charity and an enthusiastic supporter of NRT, the six month success rates are "3-6%." Hardly success to shout from the rooftops is it?
And how many of those who are smoke-free at six months end up addicted to the patch or the lozenge, and how many of these nicotine addicts ultimately go back to smoking?
Damian O'Hara is a former chain smoker who after countless miserable attempts to quit, finally did so successfully using Allen Carr's Easyway method (Sterling/ 2006). The early part of his career was spent working at international advertising agencies but today he is the President of Allen Carr North America where he heads up the US and Canadian arm of a global organization dedicated to helping smokers quit. Over the past 25 years Allen Carr's Easyway books and seminars have helped an estimated 10 million smokers quit successfully.
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