Description

This category included multiple methods used together such as:

• Emotional role playing
• Transcendental Meditation
• Hypnosis
• Cruises
• Breathing therapy
• Exercise
• Fear films
• Biofeedback
• Peer pressure

The grouping of multiple methods here tested the "more is better" idea.

1,400 smokers included from 10 separate studies.

Results

The Combination category had the third highest quit rate of any category.

Third place is an impressive finish.

However, the results show that that there is no real benefit to combining multiple methods.

Some of the studies in this bucket used hypnosis. Perhaps the hypnosis results pulled the average up, or perhaps some of the other methods dragged the average down.

Bottom line

The results show that combining methods does not improve results above what the best method alone offers.

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