Smoking has always been a problem with the frightening health effects and the struggle it takes to quit. Latest experiments have shown that women over the age of 65 are the most successful when giving up, even more successful than men of their age. However, men of this age though not as successful as the women still beat the younger smokers who appear to find quitting the most difficult.
Reports show that it is never to late to benefit from quitting, even though it is stressed that the best results are achieved when people stop smoking earlier.
The main problem with helping people to quit smoking is it is unsure of what motivates each
individual.
Dr Heather E. Whitson from the Duke University Medical Centre says: "We could probably design better quitting programs if we understood better what motivates them to stop."
From new studies women over the age of 65, only 16% of the smokers who quit return back to smoking this contrasts sharply with previous findings with younger populations. Suggesting that their commitment is greater.