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Add Electronic Cigarettes to the list of option for "Quit Methods" on www.smokefree.gov site

Created by S.K. on July 13, 2016

Millions of Americans struggle to stop smoking every minute. Smoking kills by the millions and costs tax payers billions. SmokeFree.gov lists options from telephone counseling to nicotine patch/gum/lozenges which have a very low success rate, to hypnosis and laser therapy which have little or no proof that these therapies actually help people quit smoking successfully (according to their own site https://smokefree.gov/tools-tips/explore-quit-methods). At least one national anti-tobacco organization thetruth.com recommends electronic cigarettes.

I am asking that www.smokefree.gov add the electronic cigarette option for smokers. Americans are being left behind. In the U.K. both Royal College of Physicians and the National Health Services recommend e-cigs as a "quit method".

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