People Seek Smoking Cessation Information When Celebrities Are Diagnosed With Cigarette-Caused Cancer

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People Seek Smoking Cessation Information When Celebrities Are Diagnosed With Cigarette-Caused Cancer

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/15/celebrities-cancer-smoking-quit-_n_4428169.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bqfhBjQJnBHMNXjFZdWbLg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/People_Seek_Smoking_Cessation_Information-786aee2392e5415ce27b34814f3a6187" width="130" height="86" alt="People Seek Smoking Cessation Information When Celebrities Are Diagnosed With Cigarette-Caused Cancer" align="left" title="People Seek Smoking Cessation Information When Celebrities Are Diagnosed With Cigarette-Caused Cancer" border="0" /></a>When a celebrity is diagnosed with a smoking-related cancer, interest in quitting smoking among the general public increases, according to a new study. A team of researchers found that when Brazil President Lula da Silva was diagnosed in 2011 with laryngeal cancer, which he said was caused by smoking, online search activity regarding quitting smoking and media coverage on quitting smoking increased in the days after. Plus, this interest in smoking cessation remained higher than normal even a month after his diagnosis was announced.</p><br clear="all"/>

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