Quitting smoking is among the top ten in most lists of new year’s resolutions, but nicotine, the drug in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, is one of the most addictive substances known. It is considered to be as addictive as cocaine or heroin.
Smoking is responsible for more deaths each year than drug and alcohol abuse, car crashes, AIDS, murder and suicide combined. According to the World Health Organization, every eight seconds, someone dies from a tobacco-related illness. It’s clear that nicotine has a firm grip on those who consume it. But there are ways to break the addiction. [CAMH]
We speak with Dr. Derek Poteryko, director of the Central Island Smoking Intervention Clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
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