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Pay people to stop smoking? It works, especially in vulnerable groups

  • Written by Stephen Higgins, Professor, Director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
imageA file photo from 2013 shows a woman smoking a cigaretteDave Martin/AP Photo

Cigarette smoking in the U.S. has dropped dramatically since the landmark publication of the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health. This has led to improved health for millions of Americans.

Those reductions, however, are unevenly distributed....

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