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Tobacco research center gets $9 million grant  

The Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on Friday announced a $9 million federal grant to explore the best ways to quit smoking.

"We know that most smokers want to quit, but so many struggle with this addiction," the director of the center, Michael Fiore, said in a statement.

In southeastern Wisconsin, clinics that belong to Aurora Health Care will participate in the full-year study, which will start in spring of 2010.

The center's researchers will recruit a total of 2,300 smokers

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