| New Non-Smoking By-Law In British Columbia. Gov't on the fence!
Posted: 3/15/2008 5:21:58 AM | With March 31st fast approaching, and the new non-smoking by-law coming into affect here in British Columbia, someone is being left out in the cold. I’m talking about those in the public sector who still choose to smoke. It amazes me that the same government that is ostracizing those who have chosen to partake in this life threatening practice, remain sitting on the fence in helping them to quit. On one hand they are saying, “ Stop smoking, it’s bad for your and other’s health! “ And then the other hand is greedily reaching out reaping the tax dollars it produces. While billions of dollars are brought in annually, less then 1% of those dollars goes into helping smokers find a way to quit. Ask any smoker, and I was one of them for 36 years, if they would want their children or loved ones to start smoking, and I’m, sure you would hear a unanimous, “ NO WAY “. Nicotine is the most addictive drug known today. Yet the government still spends more money supplying needles and fixes to illegal drug users then it does this particular legal one. Amazing isn’t it?
I’ll bet the majority of the population has no idea that although nicotine is the most addictive drug, it is by far the easiest one to overcome. Nicotine leaves the body faster then any other drug out there. After one butt’s out that cigarette, in only 20 minutes 50% of the nicotine has already left the system. After 45 minutes to an hour more then 90% has gone. Why do you think they make packages of cigarettes in 20’s? It’s for a very good reason. The average smoker goes through one pack a day. Sixteen hours of awake time, divided by an average of 45 minutes between smokes, works out to be 21 in a sixteen-hour period. Interesting how the tobacco industry worked that one out isn’t it?
The most common reason a smoker cannot quit is simple; it’s fear. It’s the fear that they are giving something up. When in fact they aren’t giving up anything at all, but rather gaining a new lease on life.
Would you ask an accountant to re-wire your home? Of course not! He/she doesn’t have the proper knowledge or tools to do so. If a smoker is given the proper knowledge on how to quit smoking he/she, I’m sure, most certainly would.
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