Addiction to nicotine has reached a 15 year high in the United States, where nearly three quarters of people asking to be treated for tobacco dependence are classed as highly dependent, said lung disease researchers at a conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday. They suggested that the less nicotine-dependent smokers have already given up, leaving a hard core of highly nicotine-dependent smokers who can only be helped with new smoking cessation strategies.

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