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Breaking free from nicotine dependence
A combination of strategies boosts the odds of success.
More than 46 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, and a few million use snuff or chewing tobacco. Although 70% of smokers say they'd like to stop, nicotine is so addictive that only 3% successfully quit each year.
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