The phrase "method of quitting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to a particular method of quitting or ceasing something, such as a job, a habit, or a relationship. For example, "The 18-month plan was his method of quitting smoking."
He tried hypnosis, acupuncture, nicotine patches and just about every other conceivable method of quitting.
From our analysis of individual characteristics associated with use of the various cessation methods, we can develop profile of quitters who used assisted method of quitting.
This limitation would be serious if the rate of lapsing was associated with method of quitting, and should be assessed in future studies.
However, the mean differences in strength of urges between smokers and non-smokers were similar across method of quitting: the interaction between smoking status (smokers versus non-smokers) and method of quitting in an ANCOVA of the strength of urges adjusted for the time since quit attempt started was not significant (F 2, 5856) = 1.50, P = 0.22).
If a method of quitting reduced the strength of urges to smoke more than another method, this would tend to underestimate the effectiveness of that intervention because the smokers using this method would appear to be less dependent.
To test for this bias, we used an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to examine whether the difference in strength of urges to smoke in smokers versus non-smokers depended upon the method of quitting, adjusting for the time since the quit attempt started.
There was very little evidence that method of quit attempt was associated with cessation rate (p<0.074).
Table 2 provides adjusted ORs for the association of method of quit attempt with the probability of smoking cessation.
We used the logistic regression results to compute adjusted cessation rates by method of quit attempt and duration of use of pharmacotherapy.
We used multivariable logistic regression models to compute adjusted ORs for the association of the method of quit attempt and duration of use of pharmacotherapy with successful smoking cessation.
The results pertaining to the association of other covariates with successful cessation were very similar in the multivariable regression models for method of quit attempt and duration of pharmacotherapy use.
