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 Alcoholics Anonymous
 Charlotte Harbor, 941-426-7723.
 Port Charlotte, 941-380-9177.
 Punta Gorda, First United
 Methodist Church, 507 W.
 Marion Ave.
 Port Charlotte United Methodist
 Church, 21075 Quesada Ave.
 St. Nathaniel's Episcopal Church,
 4200 S. Biscayne Drive, North Port.
 Congregational Church,
 1201 Aqui Esta Drive, Punta Gorda.
 Community United Church of
 Christ, 3450 S. Biscayne Drive,
 North Port.

 Al-Anon
 Arcadia, 863-444-0763
 Englewood, 941-270-7662,
 941-475-1832, 941-697-4910,
 941-697-3554.
 North Port, 941-429-8622,
 941-423-0623.
 Port Charlotte, 941-564-6039
 Punta Gorda, 941-639-8107

 Alzheimer's Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-235-7470

 Amputee Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-575-7022.

 Anger Management
 Port Charlotte, 941-206-2480.

 Arthritis Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-627-4643.

 Bereavement Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-625-4356.

 Bipolar Support
 Murdock, 941-613-1450.
 Brain Injury Support Group
 Port Charlotte, 941-697-3055.

 Breathing Support
 Arcadia, 863-491-4245.

 Breast Cancer Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-629-1181,
 ext. 6867 or 941-766-9570 ext 7.

 Cancer Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-627-3000
 Punta Gorda, 941-637-9575.



SMOKING
FROM PAGE 9

products. But as a whole, the industry
has tended to fight regulation. Some of
the nation's largest tobacco companies
- though not Altria sued to stop
FDA-proposed graphic warning labels
on cigarette packs. A federal court
blocked the ads.
 "The industry makes money as
long as they can delay regulation,"
said Kenneth Warner, a University of
Michigan public health professor who
is a leading authority on smoking and
health.
 Warner and Michigan colleague
David Mendez estimate that, barring
any major new tobacco control
victories, the adult smoking rate will
drop from its current 18 percent only
to about 12 percent by 2050. If health
officials do make huge strides, the rate
could drop as low as 6 percent, they
think.
 But Lushniak said zero. Will that ever
happen?
 Some experts doubt it. As long as
cigarettes and other combustible
tobacco products are legal, it's likely
some people will smoke them. Efforts
to prohibit them are likely to fail, they
say. (Remember Prohibition?)
 "It's hard to do a ban on cigarettes
because you're taking something


 Punta Gorda, 941-575-7266
 Englewood, 941-214-8488.

 Celebrate Recovery
 Port Charlotte, 941-629-0999.
 Port Charlotte, 941-625-7435.

 Chemical Dependency
 Punta Gorda, 941-637-2474.

 Children of Aging Parents
 Port Charlotte, 941-766-7991.

 Cocaine Anonymous
 Punta Gorda, 941-637-2474.

 Co-dependents Anonymous
 Venice, 941-488-8025.

 COPD Education and Support
 Englewood, 941-475-6571.

 Depression Support
 Charlotte Harbor, 941-613-1450.
 Deep Creek, 941-629-2633.

 Diabetes Support
 Southwest Florida,
 888-DIABETES.

 Divorce Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-625-3039,

 Down Syndrome Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-204-7509.

 Dual Diagnosis Support
 Murdock, 941-613-1450.

 Emotions Anonymous
 Murdock, 613-1450.

 Epilepsy Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-629-3309.

 Ex-offenders Support Group
 Murdock, 941-613-1450.

 Family to Family
 North Port, 941-957-3626.

 Food Addicts Support
 Punta Gorda, 941-380-6550.

 Gastric Bypass Support
 Port Charlotte, 941-228-4153.


away from people they have and are
using. Once you have something, you
hold tight," said Richard Daynard, a
Northeastern University law professor
who focuses on tobacco issues.
 Better, he said, to bar people from
having a product in the first place. He
is intrigued by legal efforts in Singapore
and a handful of other countries to ban
sales of tobacco to anyone born after a
certain year 2000, say. That would be
constitutional, he said. The question is:
Would our culture accept it?
 Probably not, said Ruth Malone,
editor-in-chief of the scientific journal
Tobacco Control.
 "In our culture, we tend to think we
have a right to things even if they're
terrible for us," she said.
 A growing number of experts believe
the most promising option is to get
people to switch voluntarily to some-
thing else, like electronic cigarettes.
 Electronic cigarettes are bat-
tery-powered devices that provide
users with aerosol puffs that typically
contain nicotine, and sometimes
flavorings like fruit, mint or chocolate.
They've often been described as a
less dangerous alternative to regular
cigarettes. But there are few studies
exploring exactly what chemicals are in
them, and in what concentrations, and
whether those levels are harmful.
 They're controversial: Some experts
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