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NEWS ABOUT: nicotine patch

nicotine patch stories: 2 news summaries

 Quit Smoking? Yes We Can! 

President-elect's struggle with nicotine could help others kick the habit

Dec 29, 08 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is about to become the nation's smoker-in-chief, and anti-smoking advocates are hopeful he'll become a powerful example for other smokers if he finally manages to kick the habit. He has quit several times but so far has always gone back to smoking up to eight cigarettes a day,... More »

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lung cancer • White House • heart disease • smoking • cigarettes • dopamine • smoking cessation • nicotine patch • Nicorette • President Obama • Smoking Cessation Leadership Center • nicotine addiction • tobacco smoke

 Peer Pressure
 Helps Snuff Habit 

Researchers see group ripple effect for people trying to stop smoking

May 22, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - New research shows people quit smoking not as individuals but in complex social clusters, each strongly influencing the others. Friends, spouses, relatives, and other social contacts all exercise an overwhelming sway over individual decisions to quit. The study covered 58,000 people from 1971 to 2003, the New York Times ... More »

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Harvard Medical School • smoking • National Institute on Aging • smoking cessation • nicotine patch • nicotine gum • University of California San Diego • Framingham Heart Study • Dr. Nicholas Christakis • James Fowler • Richard Suzman • Dr. Steven Schroeder • Duncan Watts

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