By now you should be enjoying not having to breathe smoke in
public places and should really notice the difference while
eating in restaurants. Folks I have talked with feel that the
benefits of the smoking ban far outweigh the profits that were
generated before the ban was enacted. I am impressed with the
increase in the number of families with children that I now
see enjoying meals together in restaurants where smoking is
banned. Unfortunately, even with the anti-smoking ordinances,
we still have too many African Americans who continue to smoke.
Recently it was again validated that people who have been successful
at quitting smoking are those who are highly motivated to stop.
There are new medications that work, but most people stop taking
them and eventually resume the habit. The treatment of choice
for women is hypnotherapy, which has been found to be as effective
as other methods. Men, on the other hand, are prone to try quitting
cold turkey and in my experience with patients, they fail 99.9%
of the time.
As long as we as a people continue smoking, our death rate for
heart disease, cancer, and stroke will out pace our white brothers
and sisters. If you smoke, you really should stop.
I am Dr. Thaddeus John Bell--- Closing the Gap in Health Care,
Inc.
Bell
Update Volume 2, Chapter 43
Copyright November 2007
