After much research, the US Public Health Commisiion has recommended some counseling and medication treatments that are considerably more effective for people looking for an answer on how to quit smoking. The Commission urges clinicians to use several new guidelines to reduce the use of tobacco.

This research was based on more than 8,700 research articles. The research concluded that there are 7 treatments approved by the FDA as smoking cessation therapies that offer quit smoking help: bupropion SR, nicotine inhaler, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenge, nicotine patch, varenicline, and, nicotine nasal spray,

The reaseach concluded that counseling by itself is not so effective. It should be done with one or more of the above medications to offer proper quit smoking help. The US now has a toll free number where you can avail advice on how to quit smoking. The number is 1-800-QUIT-NOW, This number is especially useful for therapists who are looking to offer much better quit smoking help.

A person who is dependsant on tobacco is under a chronic condition that requires repeated counseling sessions. Often after a few sessions, the person is back to smoking as usual. Therefore the sessions must be conducted in a phased manner to provide total or long term abstinence.

The research also offers some more recommendations that are as flows:

1. Almost all clinicians should ask their clients or patients whether they smoke and in case of the answer being affirmative, they should ask them to quit smoking for speedy recovery.

2. Many times, the smokers are not willing to quit smoking. Under such circumstances, the clinicians should use motivational therapies that promote attempts to quit.

3. The research also asks for group sessions, and telephonic counseling to offer better quit smoking help.

4. The research urges the insurance companies to provide cover for quit smoking sessions too. As of now, there are very few insurance companies that cover the cost of such quit smoking aids and techniques.

Group counseling has proved useful in treatments of adults as compared to adolescent smokers. The research is still studying the options for use with children and adolescents

The research finally asks the counselors and other public service groups to dispel the myths associated with quit smoking cigarettes. One such myth is that you gain weight as you quit smoking.

The American Medical Association President Ronald M. Davis, M.D., reported that nearly half a million Americans die from tobacco-related illness each year. Using these recommendations can help reduce the 5 million smokers who are likely to die by the next decade if they do not quit. If the information is readily made available to the smokers, they will not fall into traps in finding the answer to the question of how to quit smoking.

Summary: The research conducted recently on how to quit smoking, by the US Public Health Commission recommends the use of seven effective medications in conjunction with the counseling. Also, it recommends easy availably of such sessions over the phone and the internet so that most people can quit smoking cigarettes.