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There’s more than one way to quit smoking

Three different therapies helped one-fourth of people kick the habit

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QUIT IT  Three therapies to quit smoking are all about equally effective in the long term, a new study finds. 

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By Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

For people trying to stop smoking, the how might not really matter.

Six months after quitting, only about one in four people still abstained from smoking — regardless of whether they used a nicotine patch, twice daily varenicline (a pill that cuts cravings) or a combo nicotine lozenge and patch to quit, researchers report in the Jan.