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• FDA Announces that No Over-The-Counter Smoking Deterrent Works - The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that no over-the-counter smoking deterrent product on the market today has been shown to be effective in helping people quit or reduce smoking. These over-the-counter products include Cigarrest, Bantron, Tabmint, Nikoban and others. Several prescription products have been approved as smoking cessation aids.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Nicoderm settles consumer fraud lawsuit - "Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III said that SmithKline Beecham violated consumer fraud laws by suggesting smokers could quit permanently by using the products, when studies showed users were likely to resume smoking after a year.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• One smoker's struggle, one man's success - article in Lexington Herald-Leader.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Putting Out The Flame: Smokers who want to quit have more weapons than ever before - Article in the Lexington Herald-Leader looks at nicotine replacement, Zyban, and cold turkey.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)

• Recovery Community: Have We Let Smoke Get in Our Eyes? - An article on our "collective denial" where we see alcohol and heroin as addictive and lethal, but we accept smoking.
  (Added: Mon Jun 21 2004)