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National Political Leadership Needed To Stop People Smoking Australia

AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, called on the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader to announce strong tobacco control policies and restore national political leadership in the war against smoking.Dr Capolingua said smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia, and stronger action is needed to prevent the 16,000 deaths and the widespread chronic disease and ill-health that hit the Australian community every year. [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."