Description

This category attempted to link unpleasant responses to smoking by using:

• Electric shocks
• Unpleasant tastes
• Smells
• Noises
• And more
  

3,926 smokers included from 178 separate studies.

Results

Other Aversion Techniques had the eighth highest quit rate of any category.

The results put Other Aversive Techniques in the back of the middle of the pack.

With 178 studies, this category is a research favorite. But what does that say about the researchers? Why so many of these and so few of some others?

At the same time, these methods are not widely accessible outside of the laboratory.

Bottom line

What a relief that electric shocks, bad smells, tastes and noises are not the answer.

There are clearly other methods that are:

• More effective at quitting smoking
• More enjoyable in the process, and
• More available

More information on what works, what doesn't, and why

Smoking quit tips has the big picture take away from the research

Our stop smoking program has the scientifically proven best choice to quit smoking

The method of quit smoking study has the study background including:

• Citations and links
• Study authors and methods
• Study's reception in the research community
• Criteria for including the 633 separate studies, and more

Nice reasons to stop smoking has the really good news about quitting smoking

Side effects of quit smoking methods lists the shocking side effects by method, straight from the FDA

Ways to quit smoking has the full list of links to 15 methods

Important patch research explains the Journal of the American Medical Association article that concluded the patch and NRT was "No longer effective"

The IRS and quitting smoking shows that the IRS does not like weak methods like drugs and NRT at all