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We all know that smoking is unhealthy. But what’s the best way to get someone to quit? By harping on the dangers of lighting up, or by touting the benefits of kicking the habit? According to one study, being positive may be the best approach. The researchers looked at how callers to a stop-smoking- tobacco-quit-line responded to positive and negative messages. The results were encouraging, if somewhat limited. When smokers trying to quit called the hotline, they were told either about the costs of smoking and the benefits of quitting, or only about the benefits of quitting. Callers hearing only the benefits of quitting message were nearly twice as likely to quit smoking.
我們都知道，吸煙是不健康的。但什么是最好的戒煙辦法？通過反復強調吸煙的危害，或極力贊揚不吸煙的好處？根據研究發現，積極樂觀可能是最好的戒煙方法。研究人員觀察了處在戒煙邊緣的人對正面和負面的消息是如何反應的。結果是令人鼓舞的，如果有些是有限的。當想放棄戒煙的吸煙者試圖撥打電話，他們被告知有關吸煙的成本和戒煙的好處，或告訴戒煙的好處。只聽到戒煙的好處的人戒煙的可能性要高出近兩倍。
