One million smokers a year in England are trying to resign using methods with little success, according to new research.
Almost half (49%) of all those who try to considerably abandon their chances of success by relying on products of will of the will of will or over -the -counter eraser.
The strategies used by the rest of the gossip – including electronic cigarettes, the drug Varénicline and heated tobacco products – are much more likely to work, according to the researchers.
The conclusions, by a team led by Dr. Sarah Jackson of the University College London, aroused calls to help services to encourage future to use the most successful methods. This also includes websites, a face -to -face behavioral support and a TNR if it has been prescribed by a doctor.
Just under 2 million smokers in England at the age of 16 or more tried to abandon in 2024 – almost 40% of all those who light up. However, the numbers using the most and less effective methods to help them stop were divided almost 50/50, found Jackson and his colleagues.
They analyzed how 25,094 smokers in England tried to leave last year and the results they achieved. According to their results, which were published in Jama Network and were financed by Cancer Research UK: “Although a range of effective smoking cessation aid is available in England, many people have tried to stop using forms less effective support or not at all.
“The release of success rates could be improved by encouraging people to use more effective methods.”
Two against five leave the future do it alone and try to leave without using a support. It is one of the most popular methods that smokers use but one of the least effective.
“Although it is possible to leave” cold turkey “, attempts to quit smoking are much more likely to succeed if they involve the use of support based on evidence,” said Jackson.
“Stop smoking is like having two dice and trying to roll two six. It is possible to do so – some people manage it during their first attempt – but most are unsuccessful.
“When people use the most effective smoking weaning methods, it is as if one of the dice was removed. Now they just have to wrap a six, so they are more likely to succeed. »»
The proportion of smokers trying to leave each year increased from 29% in 2019 to 38% last year. The success rate increased over the same period, from 14.2% to 27.1%.
Dr. Ian Walker, Executive Director of Policy de Cruk, urged ministers to undertake to finance services of arrest smokers until the end of this Parliament in 2029.
Jackson, a behavioral science expert, said better communication, including mass media campaigns, is necessary to indicate to smokers which fusion methods are most likely to work.
An NHS spokesman in England said: “NHS services help thousands of adults every year to quit smoking and living a healthier life.
“By offering personal personal-smoking support for personal task, the NHS gives people the best chance of stopping, and we continue to lower smoking rates, which have dropped more than half in the past three decades . “
The Ministry of Health and Social Coins said: “This government is committed to helping smokers leave, through a range of support services, as well as public awareness campaigns.
“We invest 70 million additional sterling pounds for local smoking services and we strive to guarantee that all hospitals integrate disorder smoking withdrawal interventions in routine care.”
