Smoking Cessation: Unassisted Cessation In Public Schools

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Unassisted Cessation
While participating in various individualized smoking cessation programs are strongly encouraged, according to Els, Kunyk, Selby, & Canadian Electronic Library (2014), about ¾ of smokers have quit on their own by either gradually limiting their smokes or going cold turkey. They noted that while this has a high rate of success due to its reach, critics see this as a reflection of having poor access to smoking cessation programs. Els et al. (2014) identified two factors that affect accessibility: 1) availability, and 2) affordability. Furthermore, this type of cessation was found to be rarely suggested by healthcare practitioners, mainly because of it sort of goes against their legal duty to inform smokers of the available

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