Money Motivator

Are you a smoker? If you are, have you tried to quit? Maybe you did quit but years later you returned to that nicotine habit. We've heard of making money by participating in medical trials but here is an article on a program that pays you to quit smoking. Literally!!! 900 smokers were recruited to see if they were rewarded with cash if they could quit smoking. The success rate reported was 2 to 3 times greater than individuals who were not "paid" to quit. However other trials have been reported before and the cash did not make a difference.

Smoking - is it a habit or an addiciton. There have been so many case studies over the years as to which or what combination there of that keeps one smoking. I think the incentive in the above study was a good motivator for some to quit. Like they stated, when other programs had been tried before with a monetary reward the payout was not as high. So maybe the individuals looked at it like the instant reward of $750 along with the savings of buying a pack all of the time added up to enough to pay them to quit.

My opinion is that if you are ready to quit, then you will seek out what you need to be able to do so. I also believe that personality is a big factor so that helps explain why everyone's experience is different. If you have an addictive personality then obviously if would be harder to stop.
With all of the help that is out there to try to assist anyone with quitting, there is probably no reason not to quit other than maybe if you truly enjoy it. Others have said that it can be a hands thing. Perhaps the cigarette acts as a comfort, like a security blanket imbeded with nicotine. Or maybe it is truly an addiction that is not so easily overcome.

What ever the reason is, I highly reccomend that if you don't smoke - DONT EVEN TRY IT! It is bad for your pocket book and even worse for your body. It isn't the best for those around you either.