Smokers in clinical studies who say they've quit often haven't

(Society for the Study of Addiction) A new US study published by the scientific journal Addiction has found that a high proportion of smokers enrolled in stop-smoking programs during a hospital stay report having quit when in fact they have not. The findings mean that in these kinds of study it is vital to check claims of having quit using an objective measure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news