Only a few smokers manage to give up tobacco. Many people find it easier with medication. A large analysis shows which ones perform best.
People who smoke seem to find it particularly easy to do something for their health: all they have to do is stop smoking. But that is anything but easy. Quitting smoking is usually extremely difficult. Some former smokers report a powerful decision that they were able to implement from one day to the next. Many people have often decided to stop but have rarely managed to do so for more than a few days. Or they don’t even dare to try. An old smoker joke says that quitting isn’t difficult at all: “I’ve done it so many times.”