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Anna Webber
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Nicotine addiction: A never ending battle
1 by Anna Webber in Life
Anyone who has ever cared for a cancer patient can tell you that most of those ads are rather pointless. If you've ever had to sit with someone vomiting intensely after chemotherapy, or had to hold bandages over an open wound after a stomach tube became dislodged, or even held the hand of a loved one as they lay struggling for that final breath, then you know that most of us have already become desensitized to meaningless campaigns that strive to play on our sympathies. If such a personal experience wasn't enough to make you stop right then and there, then a smoke-free commercial about a little boy lost in a train station and crying because he's been separated from his mother (the inference being that it could be forever), certainly isn't going to do the trick.
Nicotine addiction: A never ending battle
2 by Anna Webber in Life
And just in case you haven't already guessed, smokers are fully aware of the health risks associated with tobacco. We're not stupid, We're addicted! There is a difference. If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. Smokers need real support, not abject criticism!
