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Study: Quitting smoking is contagious

people.com.cn
May 22, 2008
        
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Smoking has always been a social habit, but U.S. researchers said on Wednesday act of quitting is a social activity too, which passes through a social network like an outbreak of flu. The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, come from 32 years of data from a network of more... [read full story]                    

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Smokers Quit in Groups

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Smokers Often Quit for Social Reasons

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Smokers Quit in Groups

truemors.com
May 23, 2008
        

Talking about social networks, according to a new study, smokers are more likely to quit smoking if a co-worker, friend or spouse also quits. In other words, a group mentality persists even when it comes to quitting smoking. When it comes to friends influencing one another, those with more...

                   

A thought exercise for denialists (and their critics) [Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge]

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May 23, 2008
        

What typical reaction might the following passage have elicited had it been written four or five decades ago? And how does that reaction compare to the one it would generally elicit today? I do not feel that people who have quit smoking nor have spent money on smoking-cessation products and...

Researchers say smokers tend to quit in groups

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May 23, 2008
        

The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.

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Friends quit smoking? You probably will too

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May 23, 2008
        

Story Created: May 22, 2008 at 9:07 AM MDT LOS ANGELES (AP) - A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did. What's more, smokers...

It's easier to kick the butt in a group

indiatimes.com
May 23, 2008
        

LOS ANGELES: The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did....

                   

Failure to Kick Smoking Habit May Put a Drag on Social Life [News]

sciam.com
May 22, 2008
        

New study shows pattern of "quitting cascades" permeate social networks ALL ALONE: A new study tracking health habits in a large social network over 30 years shows that people who smoke are on a track for social isolation. Researchers report in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) that an...

Is quitting smoking a meme? [Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge]

scienceblogs.com
May 22, 2008
        

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego have concluded that smoking cessation may indeed be "contagious." The scientists tracked over 12,000 participants in the now-famous Framingham Nurses Study for over 32 years and found that quitting tended to occur...

Smoking is addictive but quitting is contagious

expressindia.com
May 22, 2008
        

Smoking is addictive but giving up the habit is contagious, a new study has claimed. Researchers in the United States have found that people quit puffing in droves -in fact, the cessation occurs in network clusters and is hardly the isolated decision as it might feel like to the individual quitter.

Quitting Smoking Is Contagious, Study of Former Smokers Shows

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May 22, 2008
        

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu May 22, 2008 4:18 PM EDT Bloomberg reports: The same peer pressure that leads people to try their first cigarette can work in reverse, pushing members of social circles to quit smoking together, a study says. The analysis published today in the New England Journal...

Smoking Is Addictive, But Quitting Is Contagious

harvard.edu
May 22, 2008
        

FINDINGS: A study of 12,067 people over a period of 32 years has found that people quit smoking in droves. Through reconstructing the social network of 12,067 individuals, researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego have discovered that smoking cessation...

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