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QUITTING facts
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A recent study found that among persons who smoke one-half pack of cigarettes each day, nicotine dependence rates are higher among females than males and higher among whites than among blacks and Hispanics.
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Kandel, D., and Chen, K. (2000) Extent of smoking and nicotine dependence in the United States: 1991-1993. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2(3):263-274. (Reported in NIDA Notes, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2000.)
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, kills about 81,000 people each year; cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 65,000 of these deaths.
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amethyst21 says:
 It gets easier and easier with time. Just don't ever give in to that urge to try 'just one'. You know you can't!!
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