How successful are self-help methods to quit smoking?

How successful are self-help methods to quit smoking?

Linda Hyder Ferry (Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: How do I devise a plan to quit smoking?; What resources can help me develop a plan to quit smoking?; What is the self-help method to quitting smoking? and more...

Most people who have tried to quit smoking have tried on their own, two, three, five, eight times before they actually try to get help. Self-help quits have the lowest success rate - about two to five percent, a year later, are still not smoking.