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In reply to the discussion: I have a patient on my schedule today who is a heavy smoker. Complaint: "Lungs are hurting." [View all]Aristus
(66,274 posts)It is possible to quit; every smoker needs to know that.
I reserve my deepest anger for the tobacco companies for deliberately developing their tobacco to make it more addictive more quickly.
They put more than 2,000 different substances in their tobacco to make it more addictive; 500 of those substances are toxic all by themselves. Ammonia, for example. It makes the nicotine easier for the body to absorb, speeding the process of addiction. I wonder how many smokers are aware that they're inhaling floor cleaner?
Other stuff adding to the fun include methane (cow farts, basically) and strychnine (rat poison). It's not just tobacco and paper.
The tobacco companies made billions poisoning people to death...
I want my patients not to smoke, not just to preserve their health, but so that the tobacco companies go out of business forever...