Stop Smoking Aids or Cold Turkey?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the quit smoking method or product that had the greatest success rate, and which methods or products had a dominant failure. This project also determined the age group that most people started smoking. Another goal I had was to identify the dominant reason why people started smoking. Methods/Materials To answer my questions, I decided to survey previous, and current smokers. To get quality results, I had to get a huge quantity of surveys filled out. To do this, I stood outside of grocery stores with my parents collecting surveys from either previous or current smokers. I also dropped off stacks of surveys at doctors offices for patients to fill out while they were waiting. My main materials were surveys, clipboards, and pencils. Results After I finished surveying, I had a whopping total of 1,005 surveys! 721 out of 808 previous smokers (89 percent) who tried cold turkey (no aid) succeeded. Products containing Nicotine such as patches and gum had a dominant failure. 85 percent failed using Nicotine products. 659 out of 811 (81 percent) started smoking in their teens, the average age being 16. I also found out that most start either becuase of peer pressure or because they want to be cool. Conclusions/Discussion I concluded that the best way to quit smoking is to go cold turkey and not with Nicotine products. I also concluded that most start in their teens-high school years. This result goes to show how important it is to talk to kids about not smoking since this is a very influencial age.

Competition history

• CSEF 2004 Social Sciences (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1715

Resources

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