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Medication Plus Counselling May Help Teens Kick The Smoking Habit

According to a new report, the medication bupropion with counselling appears to help adolescents quit cigarette smoking in the short term.Many teen smokers want to give up, but studies estimate that only about 4 percent of those who try are successful each year. The antidepressant bupropion has been shown to help adults quit smoking.Myra L. Muramoto and Scott J. [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."