More smokers going cold turkey

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Sheri Odom started trying to quit smoking in her mid-20s. At least once a year, she would pick up a supply of nicotine patches or nicotine gum, throw out her cigarettes and steel herself to quit. She would put up with the "slow torture" of the patch or gum regimen, gradually reducing the nicotine dosage. When she finished the treatment and stopped using the product, she would be cranky and irritable, and within three days, she would be smoking again.