[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Flatbutt1
My company makes nicotine cessation aids. We also research behavioral patterns dealing with addiction. We have found that very little can be accomplished until the addicted person wants to be cured. If they don't want to stop smoking they won't.

100% correct. Until someone wants to stop they will not and it sure seems that the women get addicted more so than men in this area.

After my Mother died I found her diary. Entry for her 17th or 18th New Years resolution was to stop smoking or "I am afraid that it will kill me."

Well, it did but she made it until she was 70 years old. She smoked until it put her in the hospital then a rest home and even the last months of her life when she was in an oxygen tent she was trying to beg cigarettes. Its that addictive to those afflicted. She died an addict to cigarettes.

My ex-wife was the same way. She promised when we got engaged that she would quit by our wedding. After 11 years of marriage and her still smoking I gave up. There were other factors but her constant smoking was way up there on the list. She still smokes 17 years after our wedding but at least now she is with another guy.

One thing for sure, a chick who smokes has no future with me.

Joe