750 million smokers worldwide want to quit smoking...what are the effective methods? = WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) advises that "pharmacologic treatment, combined with appropriate interventions in smokers' behavior, such as periodic counseling, is an effective way to quit smoking."
According to the WHO on the 4th (local time), the "Guidelines for Clinical Treatment of Smoking Cessation" including the above content have been created and distributed to member countries.
The WHO estimates that 1.25 billion people, or about 16% of the world's population, smoke tobacco, and that more than 60% of them are in the US.
The WHO has found that 750 million people want to quit smoking. The WHO recommends a combination of pharmacological treatment and behavioral intervention as a smoking cessation treatment.
"Behavioral mediation" is a method in which experts intervene in smokers' behavior. This is a 30-second, non-face-to-face method, including telephone calls, where smokers who want to quit smoking can receive treatment.
The program involves participants receiving three-minute smoking cessation counseling sessions and periodically reviewing their habits. In addition, there are also programs for participants to receive group counseling sessions or more intensive individual counseling sessions.
On the other hand, "pharmacotherapy" is the use of "smoking cessation medication" that reduces the desire to smoke. The WHO recommends "using nicotine patches and smoking cessation gum, etc.
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is also effective."