Smokers must quit, not cut back

~ Jason Schwartz

Another reason to quit:

Smokers eager to cut the risk of dying early from tobacco-related illnesses must quit completely, researchers said on Tuesday, because cutting down — even by half — is not enough.

The article contains a sidebar that promotes pharmaceutical smoking cessation treatments only. I also noticed on local news that some of the local smoking Great American Smoke Out events had names like “Don’t go cold turkey.” These bring to mind post from several weeks ago about a website complaining about the push for NRT.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.