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dangers and many want to stop getting advice from a friend that the withdrawal process stops

smoking. Over 80% have made has already stopped smoking. for a short time. is “quiets the
at least one attempt to stop in Myth: People with mental illness cravings’’ for a few moments,
their lifetime. need to smoke to manage their providing a false sense of stress
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