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Old 06-06-2014, 10:00 AM   #57
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It sure feels like it does. Quit smoking for over 3 years, and still wanted a smoke almost every day. I've relapsed many times over my lifetime of starting and stopping. It's f###-ing hard.
Sure, the success rates for quitting smoking seem to be in the range of successful weight loss, at least initially. But it improves over time.

Relapse rates after a few years of smoking go down significantly, 80% don't relapse after 2 years of not smoking.

Weight loss has nothing like that.
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