New Report Finds More Smokers Calling Telephone Quitlines But State Budget Cuts Put Progress At Risk

Record numbers of U.S. smokers are turning to telephone quitlines for help in breaking their addiction, but access to this critical service is being put at risk by state budget cuts, according to a report released today by the North American Quitline Consortium and other public health organizations…

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