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2. Effects of Secondhand Smoke Slideshow Pictures
3. Tips to Quit Smoking Slideshow Pictures

Lung cancer remains a highly preventable disease because 85% of lung cancers occur in people who smoke or used to smoke. The best way to prevent lung cancer is not to smoke. 

• Cigarette smoking is highly addictive, and quitting often proves to be difficult. However, smoking rates have decreased recently in North America and in other parts of the world.



• People who smoke who use a combination of supplemental nicotine, group therapy, and behavioral training show a significant drop in smoking rates.



• People who smoke who use a sustained-release form of the antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban) have a much higher quitting rate than average and a higher abstinence rate after 1 year. 

• The American Cancer Society does not currently recommend routine chest x-ray screening for lung cancer. This means that many health insurance plans do not cover screening chest x-ray films.



• People who smoke or used to smoke may want to have a periodic chest x-ray film anyway. They should discuss this with their health care providers.

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