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Behavioral Treatment of Cigarette Dependence

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The Clinical Management of Nicotine Dependence

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Cigarette smoking remains the largest preventable cause of death in the United States. More than 390,000 Americans die each year due to cigarette smoking, accounting for 22% of all deaths among men and 11% of deaths among women.1 The annual costs associated with smoking are estimated to be $47.5 billion in medical care, absenteeism, decreased work productivity, and early retirement or death.2 This figure does not include the cost of illness for exposed nonsmokers from involuntary or passive smoking, which has now been established as a cause of disease, including lung cancer.1 These facts provide compelling reasons for the development and delivery of effective and economical smoking-cessation programs.

This chapter was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute Grant No. CA50108 and Biomedical Research Support Grant funds to Karen M. Emmons.

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Brown, R.A., Emmons, K.M. (1991). Behavioral Treatment of Cigarette Dependence. In: Cocores, J.A. (eds) The Clinical Management of Nicotine Dependence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9112-8_9

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