Philadelphia is handing out a holiday stocking stuffer that could save lives.

Roshan gifts co-star Sanjay Dutt a copy of Allen Carr’s Easy Way… to help him quit smoking

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.

A part of me desperately wants to quit smoking, and I know I should quit smoking, but do I feel I must quit. Truthfully, I love smoking, and know that I’ll be miserable without my cigarettes. They’ve become a part of me, and I almost can’t bear the thought of giving them up. Yet I know I have to…

I get asked this a good deal, and my answer might surprise you — don’t be a NAG about their smoking habit!

New evidence has emerged which suggests that smoking causes 20% of overall deaths in America.Published in the journal Epidemiology, the new report, which was written by Reuters Health and lead by Dr Brian Rostron, previously of the University of California, indicates that half a million Americans die each year as a result of tobacco consumption. Overall, it is believed that 2.5 million Americans die each year from all causes.