Expressed Willingness of Smokers to Try 10 Smoking Withdrawal Methods

Abstract

AVAKIETY of smoking withdrawal tech¬ niques have been tried in the United States and elsewhere.The ones most widely used to date are distribution of information (lectures and films), medication, nicotine substitutes, and scare communications.Group therapy, indi¬ vidual counseling, hypnosis, and behavior con- ditioning have also been employed, but to a less¬ er extent because they are relatively expensive and can be administered only by trained person¬ nel after intensive planning.In smoking with¬ drawal clinics, persons may undergo a variety of procedures, including medication, inter¬ views, counseling, and so forth.Interagency councils have been formed at State and local levels to plan antismoking cam¬ paigns on a larger scale (1).In San Diego and