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Jump to full article: Manila Bulletin (ph), 2009-06-17
Intro: Why is quiting smoking hard for many people?
The answer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is nicotine, a drug found in tobacco. "It is highly addictive, as addictive as heroin, or cocaine,'' it said. . . .
"Studies have shown that nicotine produces pleasant feelings that make the smoker want to smoke more. When inhaled in cigarette smoke, nicotine reaches the brain faster than drugs that enter the body intravenously,'' said Dr. Juanito A. Rubio, executive director of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP).
One patient of the hospital interviewed by this writer said "ginusto ko mang ihinto ang paninigarilyo noon hindi pa ako tinatamaan sa baga, ay hindi ko nagawa dahil masarap talagang manigarilyo at talagang nakaka-addict.''
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said about 35,000 Filipinos die every year due to smoking.
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