Lynnae Meyer quit smoking last year – until a house fire forced her to move in with her mother, and the stressful situation led her back to cigarettes.
This year, the 28-year-old from Mineral Point decided to quit again. She had developed bronchitis, and with a family history of cancer, she worried that poor health could keep her from caring for her 6-year-old son.
“I was afraid I would never see my son graduate from high school,” she said.
Meyer is one of more than 300 people enrolled in one of the most comprehensive smoking cessation studies ever conducted at UW- Madison.