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Article: Combining nicotine replacements with behavior modification raises quit rates.
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- Employee Health & Fitness
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
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Combining nicotine replacements with behavior modification raises quit rates
Experts differ on best approach
For company benefits managers anxious to help their smoking employees kick the habit, the new over-the-counter availability of nicotine patches and other smoking cessation products may seem like a dream come true. But wellness coordinators should take note: Stop-smoking tools are only as effective as the behavior modification training that should accompany them, some experts say.
"You need to have a two-pronged approach," insists Don R. Powell, PhD, president of the American Institute for Preventive Medicine in Farmington Hills, MI. "The ...