SMOKING CESSATION:

Quitting Cold Turkey Versus Other Smoking Cessation Techniques

Emmalee Rich, Alyssa Crump, Ariel Aiken, Andrew Edie, Michaela Huber, Harlie
Silberman
 BACKGROUND

• 38 million American smokers

• Short and long-term effects
• Mental, emotional, physical
• Respiratory issues, various
cancers, restriction of blood flow
 MULTIPLE CESSATION METHODS

• Adults 20+
• Cold turkey versus:
• E-cigarettes/vaping
• Medications: Chantix
• Nicotine Transdermal
patches
 E-CIGARETTES

• Lower levels of toxicants than cigarettes

• Study: “Can E-Cigarettes and Pharmaceutical Aids Increase Smoking
Cessation and Reduce Cigarette Consumption?”
• 3,093 subjects
• Interview:
• Amount of tobacco used, smoking history, and sociodemographic
characteristics
• Number of cigarettes smoked in the past 30 days
• How old they were when they began
• Quit attempts
 E-CIGARETTES

• Quit attempts: 84.5% began again

• E-cigarettes: among the lowest group to maintain cessation
• Results: most relapsed
• Using cigarettes with e-cigarettes
• Electronic products did not appear to remove or reduce the
intake of cigarettes
CHANTIX

• Varenicline
• Gradual assistance to
cessation
• Attaches to nicotine
receptors in brain
• Disables nicotine from
attaching to receptors
 CHANTIX

• Study: “Unassisted Quitting and Smoking Cessation

Methods Used in the United States”
• Chantix vs. stopping cigarettes unassisted
• Analytical sample of former smokers
• Long-term and recent quitters