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Back to QUIT SMOKING News ListComprehensive Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Stable COPD Issued By ACPThe American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a new clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a slowly progressive lung disease involving the airways and lung tissue, resulting in a gradual loss of lung function, typically as a result of smoking.COPD affects more than 5 percent of the adult population in the United States and is the fourth leading cause of death and twelfth leading cause of illness. [click link for full article] Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/smoking/
"You really
have to be committed to quitting smoking," says Celia Jaffe
Winchell, M.D., a psychiatrist and FDA's medical team leader for
addiction drug products, "and when you've made the decision to stop
smoking, commit to using whatever it takes to quit."
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