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[edit] Dismissal of snus
The section mentioning Swedish smokeless tobacco uses a value judgement and dismisses it as a cause of mouth cancer which, according to Wikipedia's article on snus, has yet to be determined. There is a scientific debate over this point, and trhat should be reflected.58.152.80.152 (talk) 07:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
- There has been a relentless barrage of edits designed to use this article to market Snus, making the precise and false health claim you mention. Additionally, scientific studies showing the proven carcinogenic effects of spit tobacco have been systematically erased.
- Unfortunately, the article should probably be semi-protected to hamper this ongoing abuse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdnctx (talk • contribs) 13:44, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted "Unsuccessful methods" section
I just deleted the Unsuccessful methods section header and moved its contents to the Cessation Methods (or whatever it was called) section. "Unsuccessful" is quite the value judgement to apply to alternative medicinal methods of quitting smoking including herbal cigarettes; if Big Pharma gets represented in the "legitimate" section of the article while others are excluded, that creates bias within the article. 99.245.254.91 (talk) 01:27, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you. It wasn't a very good solution on my part. So how would you include the results? For hypnosis, electronic cigarettes etc. -SusanLesch (talk) 03:29, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Delete un-cited "Immediate effects of quitting"
This should be deleted unless someone can promptly find a source of this information, these could possibly be myths. 88.104.153.14 (talk) 13:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
- Hi. I reworded them to a 2001 booklet from California. Thank you for questioning them. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:06, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
[edit] meditation
Under alternative methods there is nothing about meditation. Any reason for that?Oxford73 (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Within the year before they were surveyed in 2010, 52.4% of adult smokers had made an attempt to quit smoking. Overall, 68.8% want to stop.
According to a large survey of Americans in 2010,
- "... 68.8% of adult smokers wanted to stop smoking, 52.4% had made a quit attempt in the past year ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6044a2.htm?s_cid=mm6044a2_w
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) November 11, 2011 / Vol. 60 / No. 44
Quitting Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2001–2010
The above-cited survey report by the CDC tracks many interesting statistics germane to this article.
