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Monday, March 12, 2007

Smoking Stress

Forcing up the price of smoking, or restricting smokers indulging in their addiction, will never stop it. It will only lead to higher stress levels.

But there’s always a pill for that.

It's good business to encourage smoking then throw over a 'cure': a pill. Fixing one addiction by creating another, although possibly end up with two addictions instead. Use the one to create another. Creating the problem then providing the solution that could theoretically work (but probably will not).

Cessation of smoking and the end to the consequential addiction to nicotine can only happen through a real desire to stop.

And education.

Wherever government looks, look the other way.

Misdirection.