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"We were surprised by the low quit rate".
That was the statistical equivalent to the modestly effective patch (a quit rate of 5.8 percent).
It worked: Over the next three quarters, the monthly quit rate fell by 20 to 30percentt.
Results showed an 8.5% intention-to-treat quit rate with an average duration of 51.30 weeks continuous abstinence.
In October, 2.7 million Americans quit their jobs, leaving the overall quit rate at 1.9% in October.
A recent randomised control study by Bullen et al.37 investigating quit rates using e-cigarettes and nicotine patches over a six month period found that there was no statistically significant difference between the quit rate in the group using e-cigarettes delivering nicotine (quit rate 7.3%), compared with the group using nicotine patches (quit rate 5.8%).
58% (n=546) responded with 170 (31.1%) indicating cessation, resulting in a self-report intent-to-treat quit rate of 17.1%.
UCL recently analysed the StopAdvisor website, which demonstrated a 36% higher quit rate among smokers with lower incomes who used the interactive site over a static information website.
This quit rate is still 60% higher than if people try to quit without any professional input, even if they buy nicotine products over the counter.
This increased quit rate could be achieved by a reduction of training provision, which has shown to be associated with an increasing quit rate (Hübler and König 1999).
The failure or quit rate of new ventures is around 50-60% during the first 2 years.
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