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HHS Secretary Leavitt Says President Bush Will Veto Any Version Of SCHIP Legislation That Includes Tobacco Tax Increase CongressDaily Reports

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Monday met with several House Republicans who are in discussions with a bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers to craft a third version of legislation that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP, CQ Today reports (Armstrong, CQ Today, 11/5). Leavitt said the White House is not directly involved in congressional negotiations, adding that the administration is "providing technical assistance. [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."