Doubling the number of people who wished to quit smoking as compared to 2005 about 54,000 people registered who wished to quit addiction this year.

An organisation charged with helping New Zealanders quit smoking informed.

UW Madison researchers after a study stated that a blend of certain anti-smoking medications proved better than using nicotine patch or lozenge alone.

Participants were given both nicotine lozenges and the generic version of Zyban. About 30 per cent people quit in six months.

The chief executive of the Quit Group, Paula Snowden, claiming that New Zealand's smoking cessation programme was the most successful in the world and that 10, 000 people quit smoking said the programme worked because of advice, support and nicotine replacement therapy.

The Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention tracked 1,300 people who had told their doctor they'd like to try and quit. The centre said that referring to primary care doctors for quitting smoking was a new twist.

Megan Piper from the centre stated that participants were given the number of the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, but only 40 percent were willing to call. According to an earlier study those who had counseling had a higher quit rate.