"What we found is if you treat smoking like
other health conditions and diseases like high blood pressure and
diabetes, you're more likely to be successful," says lead author Anne
Joseph, a physician and director of the University of Minnesota's
applied clinical research program. "With blood pressure, you'll give
medication to get near target goals, change diet and lifestyle and keep
monitoring."
Too often physicians do not do
enough to help smokers who relapse, she says: "We often view relapse as
failure and need to build in interim goals until success is achieved." Read More
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