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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Lung Display in Waiting Room
Message-ID: <1000@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 09:55:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 09:55:54 1985
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Summary: 

In article <884@terak.UUCP> doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes:

>If you're concerned about smoking as a "public health menace", then
>concentrate on *prevention*.  A lot has already been done in this area,
>especially on television where ads have been banned and most characters
>don't smoke.

I agree wholeheartedly.  The "reminder" factor is one of the biggest
obstacles to those trying to quit as well.  This goes for both positive
and negative reminders.  When you are trying to quit, you really want to
forget that there are such things as cigarettes and tobacco.

>If you are concerned about the health of someone special to you, then
>you have a difficult time ahead.  Your best bet is to *never* bring up
>the subject of smoking; that person already knows damn well about the
>hazards.  Instead, make sure that the "someone special" knows that
>they *are* special to you, and that their health is something that you
>care very deeply about.  But this must be communicated subtly, in a
>*caring* tone, not in a *lecturing* tone.  It will take a long time;
>maybe months, maybe years.  But eventually they will decide *on their
>own* that they should give up the habit because it endangers something
>that *you* care about.

I was about to followup in the same line, but Doug's posting says it
much more clearly than I ever could.  It is the people that you are
close to, who care about you -- that you love -- who have the most
impact on your ability or inability to stop smoking.


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						Byron C. Howes
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