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To stop the ease of accessibility is helpful from our viewpoint and perspective. >> what is their attraction to this? >> when i was a kid, my dad would buy his cigarette in front of me at the smoke shop. they would have candied cigarettes. a lot of these devices are the new version of that. they're adding flavors to the devices, and they're lowering the threat threshold at the same time by making them seem safer than the most dangerous consumer product invented by humankind. kids are assuming that they're safe, and they're not. >> this is what's interesting think i know there's a colorado quit...

Anti-anxiety drugs. they say senior citizens take those drugs three times as much as younger people. many are taking xanax or to help them sleep but the drugs can hamper thinking, movement and driving and increase the risk of falls. there's new hope for smokers who want to quit this morning. a naturally occurring plant compound may be more effective than nicotine replacement therapy. the chemical has been used in eastern europe for decades but it's not widely available here. callers calling a quit line in new zealand got significantly better results with it and it's much cheaper. >> seems li...

Called quit lines. many of those people will quit and many more people will try to quit that actually call. more than half a million people newly clicked on the website during the time the ads were showing. when they go off the air, those numbers go right back down. alisyn: you don't know if people stay as ex smokers but you do know they give it a shot after seeing these ads? >> increase creases likelihood people will quit and. one in five people who call a quit line succeed long term in quitting. that means 40,000 people of just who called in, many more tried on their own. that is lots of peo...

And of course i started crying too. it was very powerful. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> reporter: calls to a national quit line doubled and visits to the website, smoke free.gov tripled during the centers for disease control admittedly graphic ad campaign. the director says the cdc conducted extensive research to the most effective ways to make smokers quick. >> finding out you're going to die doesn't really help people. people don't empathize with their lungs. showing a picture of a lung as showing a real person and what happens to that individual. >> not everybody walks arou...

Probably going to take is more weapons and arms funneled to the group. they have the resolve. it's a time issue. >> thank you, sir. the government's graphic antismoking ads reportedly worked better than health officials expected. the images are very graphic. the centers for disease control and prevention created the ads and officials credit the campaign for a sharp rise in the number of phone calls to a federal quit line and visitors to the antismoke website. the cd c reports diseases linked to smoking is $19 billion in healthcare cost every year and the taxpayers foot the bill. jonathan is ...