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• FDA Announces that No Over-The-Counter Smoking Deterrent Works   [rate it] [review it]
  The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that no over-the-counter smoking deterrent product on the market today has been shown to be effective in helping people quit or reduce smoking. These over-the-counter products include Cigarrest, Bantron, Tabmint, Nikoban and others. Several prescription products have been approved as smoking cessation aids.

• Nicoderm settles consumer fraud lawsuit   [rate it] [review it]
  "Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III said that SmithKline Beecham violated consumer fraud laws by suggesting smokers could quit permanently by using the products, when studies showed users were likely to resume smoking after a year.

• One smoker's struggle, one man's success   [rate it] [review it]
  article in Lexington Herald-Leader.

• Putting Out The Flame: Smokers who want to quit have more weapons than ever before   [rate it] [review it]
  Article in the Lexington Herald-Leader looks at nicotine replacement, Zyban, and cold turkey.

• Recovery Community: Have We Let Smoke Get in Our Eyes?   [rate it] [review it]
  An article on our "collective denial" where we see alcohol and heroin as addictive and lethal, but we accept smoking.