Lighter's Banned.

[Nostromo]

Just to give confidence to those trying to give-up, back in 1994 I had an Electrician patient who used to smoke 35 to 40 cigarettes a day. He had seen several of my colleagues who never really told him properly why his habit was a health hazard. I explained this to him without pulling any punches when he saw me for the first time with a bad chest infection, and he left determined to give-up. There were no nicotine patches or Zyban those days and yet he went from 40 to zero in about 2 weeks by sheer willpower and remained that way. Only a couple of years ago, my former colleague there told me that the electrician had remained a non-smoker.

[greenpete]

We obviously need more doctors like you Nostromo. My GP used to tell to me give up as it was bad for me. When I told him my then job was particuarly stressful, he said I could smoke one or two then!!

Anna

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by greenpete
We obviously need more doctors like you Nostromo. My GP used to tell to me give up as it was bad for me. When I told him my then job was particuarly stressful, he said I could smoke one or two then!!

Anna
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Our job description requires that we should be "pro-active" in making out patients give-up smoking. One can interpret that way one likes. Thanks for your comment Anna, but I want to stress that the person who deserved the credit in the example that I quoted is the patient himself - for his will power. I now use him as an example while advising other patients and it sometimes works.

[mollymoo]

My parents both used to smoke and I hate the smell of it, I have a child who I look after and as soon as she comes in the house you can smell the smoke on her it turns my tummy first thing in the morning [msncry][msnscared]

Only three days Maggie, you can do it[msnsmile2]

Kerry-Ann

[Ray&Sarah]

My son goes "sticking up" at skittles once a week and when he comes home he reeks of cigarette smoke, so all his clothes are immediately in the wash as he doesn't like the smell and nor do I.[msnsmile2]

[worldpeace]

i bought fancy lighter for brother in law (oct04) my wife put it in hand luggage after spotting it last minute and security at mco took it off her so this has been going on a while

[Lyn]

I used to work with a lady whose husband had enphesemia and the doctor told him not to stop smoking because at his time of life (in his 70s) it would be to stressfull!!

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Lyn
I used to work with a lady whose husband had enphesemia and the doctor told him not to stop smoking because at his time of life (in his 70s) it would be to stressfull!!
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It must have been a few years ago. Nowadays, a GP advising that sort of thing risks serious disciplinary action - and quite rightly too. In any case, the idea that smoking relieves stress is nonsense. Nicotine is an alkaloid with many properties similar to caffeine - increase in heart rate, sweating etc, all the components of increased stress! The reason stressed people reach for their cigarettes is simply because that is something they can do for a diversion. Apparently, Victorian women used to knit furiously wen stressed!