>I think we need to get out of the business of protecting people from their >own stupidity. > >And, using Larry's numbers, can we really afford to put tax dollars behind >something that has a 90% failure rate?
Except that's for one attempt only. And in most of these studies (many of which I know - I did some research in the area) - they had a very stringent definition of success rate. After 2 or 3 attempts at quitting smoking, the majority of people have quit smoking. Moreover most of this research used fairly strict criteria for selecting participants. So that's where the 10% success rate comes from. Outside of these lab conditions the success rate is usually higher. > >Here's a great way to save money. If you are on Medicare or Medicaid and >you are being treated for illnesses secondary to smoking...tough shit. Ge >beg the tobacco industry for help with your bills. YOu really have a thing for letting poor people die. > >When I was a medic, I cannot tell you how many medicare patients I took care >of who had emphysema who still smoked (and how many of them suffered facial >burns because they smoked while still having the oxygen cannula in their >nose). > Its understandable, smoking addiction is potentially harder to kick than stopping a heroin addiction. Of course its nuts, but that's what addiction does to you. Every person who succeeds in quitting is one less in that scenario. Every non smoker, (ie those who've quit, and those who never started) are far less likely to be in that situation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287385 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
