Group treatment versus individual initiative in the cessation of smoking

Abstract

Matched 173 smokers who completed the Seventh-Day Adventist Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking with 175 Ss who attempted to stop smoking without group treatment. A 6-mo follow-up indicated that differences in success rates favored the treated group but were entirely attributable to differences between females. Males were unaffected by treatment. Questionnaire responses identified a number of personal characteristics which differentiated between male and female successes and failures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)