Dennis Schmidt started smoking in his teens, when that was so common that his Catholic high school had set up outdoor smoking areas, where seniors could take a break for smoking. He smoked a pack of mentholized cigarettes a day for nearly 40 years. As a graduate nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and former Air Force paramedic, he knew it was a bad idea. “I made a couple of attempts to quit and failed loudly,” said Mr. Schmidt,…
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Dennis Schmidt started smoking in his teens, when that was so common that his Catholic high school had set up outdoor smoking areas, where seniors could take a break for smoking. He smoked a pack of mentholized cigarettes a day for nearly 40 years. As a graduate nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and former Air Force paramedic, he knew it was a bad idea. “I made a couple of attempts to quit and failed loudly,” said Mr. Schmidt,…