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The most important finding is that in smokers unwilling or unable to quit, cutting down with NRT nearly doubles the chances of smokers progressing to quitting altogether

Recent Advances in Tobacco Science 12 , 54142, (1986)

For example, we found that restrictions on tobacco advertising on television were associated with declines in breast cancer mortality but not lung cancer

There may also be shared genetic factors that predispose some individuals to both smoking initiation and depression

In the very first session at UP, I realised that the level of exhaustion I felt was not just down to being completely unfit and having extra fat, but that smoking was a significant contributor to it

Despite initial concerns amongst stop smoking practitioners that offering an intervention involving cutting down may reduce clients motivation and ultimate success with achieving full cessation, they felt that they were able to work with clients who would otherwise not have returned to the service and had assisted more clients to reduce or quit