It’s not too late to make a New Year’s Resolution.

Shortly after waking up, he would have a cigarette with his coffee. He chain-smokes his way through the day working at his computer. Enjoying his smoke and beer was a way of life and comfort, he said.
But in April 2010, after finding out he had clogged arteries in the neck, his doctor told him that it might be a good idea to quit smoking, and he agreed.

Excuses like “Its tough, I cannot do it” and “If I stop, my weight will shoot up” are usually given by hardcore smokers when they are told to quit the habit.
It must be acknowledged that quitting smoking is difficult but not impossible.

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Did you know that tobacco use in the United States costs an estimated $197 billion a year in lost productivity and health care costs? Add to that second-hand smoke, which costs an additional $10 billion in losses. Tobacco use contributes to one of every five deaths, and smokers die an average of 13 years earlier than nonsmokers.

“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.”

There could be a better way to help people snuff out the smoking habit.