The Addiction Myth
 
Yes, it is the case that many smokers find it very difficult to give up smoking.  Cravings can drive you up the wall.  Trying to ignore them can make you very irritable or reduce you to tears.  Smokers can sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to obtain tobacco. 
 
All true.
 
These facts have often [...]

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The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) have blocked an NHS advertising leaflet which claimed that smokers were “twice as likely” to quit with Nicotine Replacement products and “four times as likely” to quit if they also used NHS Stop Smoking Services. For the very first time since the Truth Will Out Campaign was launched, the claims [...]

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In response to the post Champix Kills, But Don’t Tell The Smokers a comment came in from James which raised a number of important points, so I have decided to reproduce it here, along with my response to the points he raised:
JAMES on October 27th, 2009 at 7:11 am Said:
I am in two minds regarding [...]

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Okay: two developments worth a mention, especially the second one.
Number One:
Now that my book has been added to the Borders on-line catalogue, you can now order it from any Borders store - which is great, because not everybody likes buying goods over the internet, do they?  So I went into Borders in Stockport yesterday to [...]

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“Highly recommended and possibly one day the book that will be regarded as the seminal tome for examining the smoking habit for what it really is.”
“The real truth behind Nicotine, and the NRT industry is here. Whether you’re attempting to quit smoking, or are just interested in the topic, this will open your eyes. Brilliant.”
These [...]

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At the very end of the book “Nicotine: The Drug That Never Was”, in the final section called A Pause For Breath which you can read here on the site, I mentioned the announcement of the coming of a new magic pill to stop people smoking, which coincided with my completion of the book in [...]

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