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Why anecdotes aren't strong evidence when it comes to quitting smoking

  • Written by: Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageWhile compelling, personal anecdotes of what helped people quit smoking suffer from self-selection bias. We don't hear from people who didn't succeed.from www.shutterstock.com

In the early 1990s, I was the guest of the local health service in Broken Hill, New South Wales, during a national week promoting quitting smoking. I went on the local radio...

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