{"id":13173,"date":"2019-05-14T21:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T01:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/?post_type=modality&#038;p=13173"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:33:45","slug":"smoking-cessation","status":"publish","type":"modality","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Cessation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Definition of Smoking Cessation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-columns ab-layout-columns-2 ab-2-col-wideright\">\n<div class=\"ab-layout-column-wrap ab-block-layout-column-gap-2 ab-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"ab-block-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12522 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"smoking cessation\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/smoking-cessation-Copy-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ab-block-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"ab-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>Smoking Cessation:<\/strong> Commonly known as \u201cquitting smoking,\u201d it is the process of discontinuing addictive tobacco smoking. All major medical institutions acknowledge that smoking cessation greatly improves a person\u2019s health prospects&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-spotlight\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore Smoking Cessation research in the following databases:\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Smoking+Cessation\">PubMed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripdatabase.com\/Searchresult?criteria=smoking%20cessation&amp;search_type=standard\">Trip<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0<strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/advanced-search?cookiesEnabled\">Cochrane*<\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">*The Cochrane database requires users to enter the search term manually. Enter \u201csmoking cessation\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">AI Search:<\/span><\/b> Access Semantic Scholar\u2019s results on smoking cessation.<br \/><strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/search?q=smoking%20cessation&amp;sort=relevance\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Semantic Scholar<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about our<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00a0<\/span>3 research databases and AI search platform\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/research-databases\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-research\/\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-research\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Spotlight<\/h3>\n<p>The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies \u2013 providing just a taste of the available research.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paying people to stop smoking is very effective<\/strong><br \/>A large, 2019 meta-analysis of 33 studies (21,000 people) from Cochrane Reviews found that paying people to stop smoking is very effective. Not only were people receiving financial rewards for kicking the habit more likely to quit, they were also more likely to remain smoke-free. The amount was irrelevant: It was just as effective to pay $100 as more than $700.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD004307.pub6\/full\">Access this study on smoking cessation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit<\/strong><br \/>One of the critical unanswered questions in public health has been do e-cigarettes actually help smokers quit. A large, rigorous 2019 study from the UK National Health Service says \u201cyes.\u201d E-cigarettes were almost twice as successful as nicotine replacement products like the patch or gum for smoking cessation.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1808779\">Access this study on smoking cessation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Oxford Meta-Analysis Details Success Rates of Cash- and Deposit-Based Rewards\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Results of a University of Oxford (UK) meta-analysis of 8,500 adult smokers revealed that financial incentives to quit generally carried higher sustained success rates when 1.) subjects were required to make a cash deposit (refundable upon quitting, along with additional cash incentive); and 2.) when the cash reward was significantly higher.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25983287\">Access this Smoking Cessation study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workplace Can Help Employees Stop Smoking<\/strong><br \/>A Cochrane review (2014, 57 studies) concludes the workplace is an effective setting for helping people stop smoking, and that there\u2019s strong evidence for individual coaching and group pharmacological treatment.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD003440.pub4\/abstract\">Access this Smoking Cessation study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobile Devices Can Aid Smoking Cessation<\/strong><br \/>A Cochrane review (2012, 5 studies of 9,000+ people) found that mobile phone interventions (i.e. text messages offering motivation\/advice) help people quit smoking over usual care, and these benefits are sustained at least 6 months later.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evidentlycochrane.net\/texting-for-health-updated-cochrane-review-finds-long-term-effectiveness-of-mobile-phone-interventions-to-help-people-stop-smoking\/\">Access this Smoking Cessation study<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-spotlight\/\"><strong>Read more study snapshots<\/strong><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-research\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/smoking-cessation\/smoking-cessation-research\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Studies-in-Progress\/Clinical Trials Underway<\/h3>\n<p>A clinical trial is any research study that assigns people to health-related interventions to evaluate the outcomes. \u201cInterventions\u201d include drugs, surgical procedures, devices, behavioral treatments, preventive care, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/results?term=Smoking%20Cessation\">ClinicalTrials.gov<\/a>: explore trials underway in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trialsearch.who.int\/Default.aspx\">World Health Organization<\/a>: explore trials happening across the globe. When you reach WHO\u2019s search page, please type in \u201csmoking cessation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Access all studies currently available for Smoking Cessation in these databases:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Smoking+Cessation\">PubMed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripdatabase.com\/Searchresult?criteria=smoking%20cessation&amp;search_type=standard\">Trip<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0<strong><a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/advanced-search?cookiesEnabled\">Cochrane*<\/a> \u00a0<a class=\"sqs-block-button-element\" style=\"padding: 1em 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/search?q=smoking%20cessation&amp;sort=relevance\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Semantic Scholar<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">*The Cochrane database requires users to enter the search term manually. 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