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Smoking and Nicotine Dependence: Interventions
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness, death, and disability in the United States, causing more than 430,000 deaths in the United States each year. Despite the enormous health consequences associated with smoking, 48 million adult Americans continue to smoke cigarettes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 1999).
Nicotine, the psychoactive substance in tobacco, is a highly addictive substance that may control significant aspects of a person's behavior. It shares a number of common factors with the other recognized euphoriants (i.e., cocaine, opiates, alcohol), producing effects on mood ...
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