Preventive Medicine

20M smokers resolve to quit in 2005 again

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 25th, 2005

Nearly half of America's smoking population - more than 20 million people - say they want to quit smoking in 2005 ... again, according to a new survey.

What's new' This year, smokers trying to quit will be able to take advantage of Committed Quitters, an individualized web-based support system that has been clinically proven to increase the chances of smoking cessation success.

For most smokers, 2005 won't be the first year they've tried to quit. The survey of more than 2000 Americans found that 82% of smokers have tried to quit at least once, and one out of five smokers (20%) have tried to quit five or more times.

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-01-25)

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