Posted by yxibow on March 3, 2007, at 22:02:31 [reposted on March 8, 2007, at 8:51:30 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Im down again. » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2007, at 21:20:10
> Jay Chantix haven't heard of that yet. Good to know. Love Phillipa
Yeah... it was also of interest to psychiatrists but it hasn't proven out much from what I have heard at this point.
Even for smokers, the reduction rate is not high from the PI, attesting to the extreme power of nicotine addiction, especially if you look at the longer term studies. Still, since it proved to be more useful than a placebo, it has been or will soon be marketed, I don't know if it has gone through all the distributors yet.
It takes some willpower with any quitting strategy, any of the preceding items I mentioned.
And there is a psychological component of course to using a substance and having a fixation on it as well. I can't get people I know in the nightlife scene to quit, the number who do are higher (no offense to smokers, but fortunately the number of states that have banned smoking in bars and restaurants has increased.)
As it is, it stands around 20% of the population smokes in the US; it is a little higher in Canada I believe, maybe due to the French influence, who knows, despite the high cost of cigarettes there. And similarly in Europe it is higher as well in places.
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