時差N小時:戒煙的比較好辦法(上)

　　We all know that smoking is unhealthy. But what’sthe best way to get someone to quit? By harping onthe dangers of lighting up, or by touting thebenefits of kicking the habit? According to one study,being positive may be the best approach. Theresearchers looked at how callers to a stop-smoking-tobacco-quit-line responded to positive and negativemessages. The results were encouraging, ifsomewhat limited. When smokers trying to quitcalled the hotline, they were told either about thecosts of smoking and the benefits of quitting, oronly about the benefits of quitting. Callers hearing only the benefits of quitting message werenearly 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(fā)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。