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Ways To Quit Smoking

Dr. Veronica Palmero-Gonzalez, Pulmonologist with South Miami Hospital, explains having a plan is very important to be successful in quitting smoking. She also says FDA recommended quitting smoking is behavioral measurements, and pharmacology nicotine patch has proven to be very successful in quitting smoking. "What they do is a slowly release of small amounts of nicotine. So the craving and we draw is easier to drive through," she points out and highlights you can also have some other methods of nicotine replacement, like nicotine gum, nicotine inhalers, and nicotine lozenges.

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