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Treatment of Nicotine Addiction in Primary Care

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How Prevalent Is The Problem?<br />

•Tobacco use, primarily cigarette smok<strong>in</strong>g, is the<br />

lead<strong>in</strong>g cause <strong>of</strong> preventable morbidity and<br />

mortality <strong>in</strong> the United States.<br />

• Tobacco use kills approximately 440.000<br />

Americans every year.<br />

• One <strong>in</strong> every five U.S. deaths.<br />

• 70.9 million Americans aged 12 or older<br />

reported current use <strong>of</strong> tobacco.

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