Why are you still smoking?
Gedwyn Power smokes a menthol cigarette in front of a Quick Stop store on March 30, 2010 in Miami, Florida.
You may not know many people who smoke but millions still do. Holdout smokers persist in their habit despite scary health warnings, social stigma, legislation banning smoking from almost everywhere and the high cost. What does it feel like to be a smoker in a culture that is so anti-smoking and what are the latest pharmaceutical methods being used and in development to help people quit?
Guest:
Dr. Christopher Cooper, Professor of medicine and physiology at David Geffen School of Medicine and Medical Director of the UCLA Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Program
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