Calling It Quits

Ready for the Great American Smokeout? Going cold turkey is not the only way to kick the habit

You know you shouldn't smoke. You know all that tar and nicotine are destroying your heart and lungs, not to mention what they will eventually do, if you're a man, to your sex life. But if you, like 48 million other Americans, are still smoking, you've got another chance to quit this Thursday as part of the American Cancer Society's 22nd annual Great American Smokeout. One in 4 smokers is expected at least to try kicking the habit. Nobody says it will be easy. A national survey made public last week by the Hazelden Foundation of Center City, Minn., found that...

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