Health: Friends quit smoking? You probably will too (AP)

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Friends quit smoking? You probably will too
    (AP)

 

AP - The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.


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