title: PURLs: "Cold turkey" works best for smoking cessation.
abstract: Counsel patients who want to quit smoking that doing so abruptly leads to higher cessation rates than does quitting gradually.
authors.affiliation: Naval Hospital Jacksonville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Dustin K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago NorthShore Family Medicine Residency, Glenview, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mounsey
mesh_terms: D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome