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By Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian | McClatchy/Tribune News Unlike President Barack Obama, Eric Wolbert has been a non-smoker for 30 days. He quit his pack-a-day habit because he has watched cigarettes hurt too many people, including his grandparents, who died of lung cancer, he said. Plus, smoking's getting too expensive. "You can't find a pack that costs less than $4 anymore, and those are nasty ones," said Wolbert, 36, of Waterloo, Ill. Wolbert signed up for a seven-week group therapy program called "Freedom From Smoking" at Washington University in St. Louis. This is Wolbert's third attempt at quitting. The first two times, his doctor prescribed Chantix, a drug that blocks nicotine receptors in the brain, and wished him luck. Health and family organizations believe that the economic downturn and higher tobacco taxes make this... [read full story]
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