Carol Tompkins signed up for the two year study along with medication; she also had over-the-phone counseling. Everyone in the study had at least four cycles of interventions to help them quit.
"I had to convince myself I was in it for the long haul and after a while it ceased to be a problem," Carol said.
Carol did kick the habit. Again she used a combination of methods which recent numbers show that's the best way to go. Success rates for trying to quit cold turkey are just 3-percent, using a medication or a help-line has a success rate of 10 to 15-percent.
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