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Health Tip: Smoking Cessation; Part 3: Staying Quit
By Mike Alexander Sr.

Mike is involved with several organizations including the National Association of Health Underwriters, Independent Insurance Agents Association, East End Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau and the National Association of Small Business Owners, to name a few. Mike is a licensed Risk Manager and highly regarded in the insurance industry.

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As an insurance executive one of my biggest goals is to keep people healthy. That's great for the client, my companies, and for the economy in general. With that, I'm continuously looking for quality information that you can use in order to stay healthy.

Editor's note: This is the final installment in the smoking cessation series. Hopefully, you have found this series interesting. Better yet, perhaps it has been of value in assisting you, a friend, or a loved one in stopping smoking. For questions or suggestions regarding stopping smoking, contact us at eDocAmerica.com.

Mark Twain said: "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it hundreds of times." In fact the statistics related to success rates of those attempting to quit smoking is fairly discouraging. In 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between 2.5% and 7.5% of smokers maintained long-term abstinence after their first attempt to break the habit. The optimistic way of looking at these statistics is that it may ....Click here to sign up to eDocAmerica and read more of this article.