Addiction Medicine

''Kick the Addiction''

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 24th, 2007

Leading health groups joined Senator Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) today in calling for increased efforts in health care reform to help California's smokers quit smoking and stay quit.

"Smoking is a dangerous addiction, not a habit. It requires treatment and support," said Torlakson. "By guaranteeing smoking cessation services for those who want and need it, we will prevent disease and save lives and precious Californian tax dollars."

Experts agree that smoking is a chronic, relapsing condition in which behavioral, psychological, and physical factors make overcoming the addiction extremely difficult. Fewer than seven percent of smokers who try to quit...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-07-24)

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