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Smoking Cessation

References

American Lung Association. Trends in Tobacco Use. American Lung Association Epidemiology and Statistics Unit Research and Program Services. January 2006. Available at: http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/Smoking2006.pdf . Accessed December 2007.

American Heart Association. Cigarette Smoking Statistics. Available at: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4559 . Accessed December 2007.

American Cancer Society: Questions about Smoking, Tobacco, and Health. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2x_Questions_About_Smoking_Tobacco_and_Health.asp?sitearea=PED Accessed May 19, 2005 and December 2007.

National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability. Guidelines for smoking cessation: revised 2002. Available at: http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3307&nbr=2533&string=smoking+AND+cessation Accessed May 19, 2005 and December 2007.

Medline Plus. Nicotine Vaccine Helps Smokers Quit, Study Finds. Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_24680.html Accessed May 19, 2005.

National Cancer Institute. Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers. Available at: http://cis.nih.gov/fact10_18.html Accessed May 19, 2005.

National Institute of Drug Abuse. NIDA InfoFacts: Cigarettes and Other Nicotine Products. Available at: http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Tobacco.html. Accessed May 19, 2005 and December 2007.

Roddy, Elin. Bupropion and other non-nicotinic pharmacotherapies. British Medical Journal. February 2004, Volume 328, pg. 509-511.

Chantix [package insert]. Pfizer Labs. NY, NY. May 2006.

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