Need to stop smoking or suffer a stroke any tips?!
Question:
Need to stop smoking or suffer a stroke any tips?
Answers:
Options (with the success rate 1 year later) include:
- Will-power alone (around 5%)
- Acupuncture (around 5%)
- Hypnotherapy (not much evidence)
- Nicotine replacement therapy: patches, chewing-gum, sprays, you name it (around 10%)
- Bupropion (Zyban) (also around 10%)
- Varenicline (Champix) (around 15%)
- Professional group therapy or counselling (around 20%)
Discussing the matter with your doctor or a smoking 'Quitline' is proven to improve your chances a little.
My tips would be:
1. Use a combination of strategies, not just one
2. Make a bet (for a large sum, if possible!) with your doctor that you can have a negative cotinine test three times in a row, at three-month intervals. That's putting your money where your mouth is!
Good luck!
P.S. I promise I'm not in a syndicate with your doctor......!