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Obama’s New Year’s Resolution? Quit smoking when he gets to the White House.
In 2006, nearly 73 million Americans age 12 and older had used a tobacco product at least once in the month prior to being surveyed. Smoking is as addictive as heroin, as affirmed by the US Surgeon General. Addiction is a chronic condition and smoking includes one of the most difficult habits to kick.
Denial of the problem includes minimizing the harming effect of the addiction (“I’m healthy because I exercise daily,”) lying about quitting in the present (“I stopped, well, sort of”), or having high expectations about quitting in the future (“I will stop when I do this or that.”) Quitting smoking is not easy as withdrawal symptoms include discomfort including irritability, anger, anxiety, lack of sleep and depression.
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