
Thanks to the recent ban on smoking indoors, a group of smokers gathered outside for a communal puff is a common sight. But group support can be vital in giving up, too.
Since the birth of Alcoholics Anonymous, in the 1940s, self-help groups have developed a worldwide fellowship of men and women overcoming their various addictions from sex to marijuana to shopping. Now in the UK, more smokers are experiencing the benefits of the support a group can give, and stubbing out for good.