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Characteristics
|
Length
of Treatment |
Cost |
Money-back |
Results after 12 months |
Source |
| Easyway |
No drugs. Based on understanding physical
& psychological mechanisms of dependency. |
4.5 hours (optional extra 2 times
2.5 hours) |
£220 |
Yes, if not stopped after 2 boosters |
53.30% |
A 53% success rate derives from an independent evaluation*
|
| NRT: patches, gums etc |
Drug: nicotine |
3 months |
£200 to £450 |
no |
6% |
ASH |
| Zyban |
Drug: anti- depressant |
by prescription, 8 weeks |
prescription |
no |
18% |
ASH |
| NRT combined with counselling |
Drug: nicotine and psychological support |
6 weeks to 6 months |
£200 to £400 |
no |
20% |
ASH |
*The results of this independent evaluation were presented at the joint meeting of the Austrian Society of Occupational Medicine and the German Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Innsbruck (21-24 April 2004) and won the poster prize.
Other evalutions are available here and here
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"I
found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable"
Sir Anthony Hopkins
" it changed my life"
Emma Freud.
"A stunning success"
The Sun
"worked for many of my friends and my staff"
Sir Richard Branson
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