1.   Mulligan cited studies showing that more smokers can quit if counseling and support services are offered along with a prescription for the patch, for example.

2.   On average, a smoker quits and restarts three to five times before quitting for good.

3.   People who are overweight should try to lose excess pounds and smokers should quit.

4.   Smokers could always quit, and many have.

5.   When a smoker quits, that cycle is disrupted, and people wake frequently or have trouble getting to sleep, Jorenby said.

6.   When regular smokers quit, their mood and mental abilities deteriorate within hours.

7.   No matter how early in life a smoker quits, some of the damage done is irreversible and the risk of lung cancer never declines to normal.

8.   Scientists verified that the smokers had quit by testing their breath for traces of carbon monoxide.

9.   The best way to prevent those deaths is to get smokers to quit, the scientists said.

10.   Witnesses and tests were used to proof that the smokers had actually quit.