Clearing The Air

Want to quit smoking?....new study says skip the Nicoderm

Despite the over-promotion of nicotine replacement therapies by drug companies and anti-tobacco activists, the most successful method used by ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, according to a new policy forum in PLoS Medicine. In the article, researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, Australia take a critical look at most tobacco control campaigns, which emphasize that serious attempts at quitting smoking must be pharmacologically or professionally mediated.

More here:

http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/most_smokers_quit_cold_turkey_researchers_say

As far as CTA is concerned, that's how this editor quit smoking nearly 30 years ago. But our real reason for promoting cold turkey is to make sure the pharmaceutical interests that funded smoking ban legislation, RWJF (J&J) do not profit from the economy damaging results.


http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/smoking-bans-good-public-policy-or.html

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2009/03/worldwide-economic-meltdown-and.html

posted by marcus aurelius @ 8:08 AM