Smokers who quit abruptly are more likely to permanently kick the habit than those who wean themselves off cigarettes.
Some who quit gradually were also successful, but the latest study from
England proves that if you want to kick the habit, pick a date and just
do it.
Dr. Nicola Lindson-Hawley, a post-doctoral researcher at Oxford
University, worked with 697 smokers and split them into 342 who quit
gradually and 355 who were "abrupt quitters."