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Back to QUIT SMOKING News ListNew Therapy To Cut Smokers Risk Of Lung CancerNew research suggests that a treatment with a derivative of vitamin A called retinoic acid may help cut former smokers' risk of lung cancer as it is suspected that lung cells damaged during years of smoking may continue to grow and evolve into cancer even after that person has quit. Scientists found the therapy reduced growth among those lung cells. The University of Texas study is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [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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