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		<title>Hrithik Roshan: If I can quit smoking, so can you &#8211; Times of India</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zee NewsHrithik Roshan: If I can quit smoking, so can youTimes of IndiaHrithik Roshan has given up smoking. It has been three months since his last cigerette. The actor says, &#34;I wanted to give up smoking. I tried quitting five times before and fai...]]></description>
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		<title>Confused about stop-smoking advice? Read on &#8211; The State Journal-Register</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused about stop-smoking advice? Read onThe State Journal-RegisterEllison quit by using nicotine patches, which release nicotine (poisonous alkaloid that&#039;s the chief active principal in tobacco) into the body through the skin. “You basically j...]]></description>
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		<title>Study questions nicotine patches, gum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges help people quit smoking, but a new report questions their long-term value because smokers who use them to quit may be just as likely to start smoking again as those who quit cold turkey.]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine replacement has no long-term benefit when quitting smoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later Chewing nicotine gum or using nicotine-replacement patches offers no advantage in keeping smokers off cigarettes in the long ter...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Study suggests people who use nicotine gum or patches to quit smoking are just as likely to have relapsed a few years later Chewing nicotine gum or using nicotine-replacement patches offers no advantage in keeping smokers off cigarettes in the long term, according to scientists. They say that while nicotine-replacement therapies (NRTs) could be useful in the early stages of combatting withdrawal ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Quit smoking: A new case for going cold turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests cigarette smokers who quit after using over-the-counter medication such as nicotine patches are just as likely to relapse as smokers who go &#34;cold turkey&#34;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new study suggests cigarette smokers who quit after using over-the-counter medication such as nicotine patches are just as likely to relapse as smokers who go &quot;cold turkey&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Quit smoking: A new case for going cold turkey &#8211; Fox News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HinduQuit smoking: A new case for going cold turkeyFox NewsA new study suggests cigarette smokers who quit after using over-the-counter medication such as nicotine patches are just as likely to relapse as smokers who go &#34;cold turkey,&#34; cas...]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine Patches, Gum, Don&#8217;t Help Smokers Quit Long-Term, New Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study, conducted in the &#34;real world&#34; as opposed to under clinical conditions, finds that nicotine patches and gum and other nicotine replacement products designed to help people quit smoking, are no more effective in the long term than ...]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine patches don&#8217;t work in the real world, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quit Smoking: A New Case for Going Cold Turkey &#8211; Wall Street Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFPQuit Smoking: A New Case for Going Cold TurkeyWall Street JournalBy MIKE ESTERL A new study suggests cigarette smokers who quit after using over-the-counter medication such as nicotine patches are just as likely to relapse as smokers who go &#34;co...]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine patches don&#8217;t work in the real world, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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