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In response to "Addiction sucks -- nm" by Krusty

well, there's places to go where you can get help to quit, if you really want to.

Posted by znufrii Nov 6 '13, 08:37

wasn't the city even handing out free nicotine patches at one point?

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If only they worked. Around 3% of people that use the patch or gum quit. You should know, quitting is one of the most difficult things for people to - Krusty Nov 6, 08:40 14
- Spend a week in hospital with a pulmonary embolism and you'll quit...... - Meg Nov 6, 08:43 1
  - that only works with some people. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:43
- I will quit when they are 15 bucks a pack....... - random smoker Nov 6, 08:42 4
  - so true for most -- nm - zork Nov 6, 08:51
  - they upped the taxes here by 25% in 2010, and consumption dropped by ~10%. -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 08:49 2
    - Krusty's point notwithstanding, the same thing had happened in NYC, over several rounds of price increases and restrictions. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 08:52 1
      - adult smoking rate in NYC dropped for 22% in 2002, to 14% in 2010 -- (link) - znufrii Nov 6, 08:54
- it's more like 25% -- nm - decline Nov 6, 08:41 6
  - I've never read or heard a number that high. I've never heard it get it double digits. - Krusty Nov 6, 08:46 5
    - hmm. I wonder if they don't consider the patch drug therapy. Here, cancer.org says it -- (link) - decline Nov 6, 08:48 1
      - I wish they'd link to those reports. I don't trust statements like that. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:50
    - IMO, it is mostly a mental thing. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 08:47 2
      - Yes, it's not as much physical as mental but it's as difficult to quit as hard drugs. -- nm - Krusty Nov 6, 08:48 1
        
        how much of that is the person really wanting to quit though? - groiny Nov 6, 08:49

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