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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 22 Smoking and tobacco cessation |
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| | More than two thirds of all college graduates who ever smoked have now quit. |
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| | In 1990, the King Country Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the largest medical insurer in |
| | Washington state, became the first Blue Cross/Blue Shield company to formally |
| | reimburse physicians for outpatient treatment of nicotine dependence. |
| | Family Practice News, December 1990, p. 25 |
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| | Most smokers persist in their habit to satisfy a craving for nicotine, not because there |
| | is any inherent pleasure in it. If smokers are given cigarettes made from |
| | de-nicotinized tobacco, almost none choose to continue. |
| | Journal of the National Cancer Institute, January 17, 1990, p. 89 |
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| | In 1964, golfer Arnold Palmer quit smoking and gave up the $10,000 a year he was |
| | being paid to throw an L&M on the green and then pick it up and take a puff after |
| | putting. Within 6 months, he had gained 20 pounds and resumed smoking, not to quit |
| | for good until 1975. |
| | Reader's Digest, April 1992 |
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| | Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, a leading champion of the tobacco industry, |
| | quit smoking when he underwent coronary bypass surgery. |
| | Tobacco Free Youth Reporter, Fall 1992, p. 21 |
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| | "No-Ta-Bac" was introduced in the 1890's as a "guaranteed tobacco habit cure." It |
| | was advertised to permanently stop the craving for all forms of tobacco and was |
| | guaranteed to cure 99 out of 100 cases. |
| | Tobacco Advertising, p. 253 |
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