From: Joel. Sent: 2/25/2002 7:22 AM
image This has always been my personal favorite of all the articles I have ever written on smoking. It is the one article that really seems to reach smokers who have had no other contact with me or my other materials. Years after I first wrote it and sent it to my clinic graduates, I had it published it in a small Illinois respiratory journal , and then later it was used in a few other publications going out to tens of thousands of people. I got a lot of feedback over the years on this one piece, and was often told that the article started the thought process in many smokers that it was time to really evaluate their smoking and to really consider quitting. This may be a handout healthcare professionals looking in may want to copy and use as a starting point for working with their patients on the idea of smoking cessation.