July 15, 2010
Updated Dec 31, 2007 at 6:59 PM CST
For smokers looking at the law as a renewed incentive to quit, health experts caution that smokers need more than just willpower to break nicotine's hold. The director of the clinical addictions research lab at the University of Chicago says going cold turkey works for a few, but most need more comprehensive treatment.
That can include counseling, prescription drug treatment, nicotine replacement therapy - and even acupuncture. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, notes that only about six percent of those who try to quit succeed for more than a month. It often takes multiple tries to stop for good.
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