The UK Government is set to add really shocking images to cigarette packets from next year. Currently the Government insists on stark warnings being printed on the packs informing smokers of the risks of continuing with the habit. It would appear that nobody pays much attention to the messages so the idea is that a picture can paint a thousand words. Some images being proposed include dead bodies and diseased lungs taken from the bodies of smokers. The problem is that everyone knows the risks attached to smoking but they still go into the newsagents and buy their usual pack of Marlboros without so much as a second thought.
We have been prescribing the popular smoking cessation medication, Champix,for the last few months and quite a few patients have had success with this medication and have managed to kick the habit. A few patients have said that the treatment is quite expensive (which it is) but it pales into insignificance when compared with the amount of money that they burn and inhale through the nicotine habit that they have developed. We will help anyone who wants to give up smoking but we always point out that you must have a real intention to give up and give up for good.
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