Smoking
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Studies of ex-smokers show that their risk of dying from -related
disease decreases with each year of non . Encouraged by such evidence,
more than 40 million people in the U.S. quit in the year following the
1964 surgeon general's report. The proportion of males who smoke decreased from
more than ....
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.... smoke. In a 1988 report, the
surgeon general declared nicotine to be an addictive drug comparable to other
addictive substances in its ability to induce dependence. The report also called
the monetary and human costs far greater than those attributable to cocaine,
alcohol, or heroin. Attempts to help persons quit smoking through counseling,
participation in support groups, and, for those with a strong physical
dependence on nicotine, substitution of chewing gum containing nicotine to
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