New Tools to Stop Smoking

May 8th, 2008

Stopping smoking isn’t easy and it’s almost never as simple as going cold turkey!

At CD Whyte Ridge Pharmacy we are constantly looking for effective ways to help our clients quit this dangerous (and increasingly expensive) habit. Because, is you quit smoking, “. . . you’ll start feeling better within 24 hours. The minute you stop smoking, your body will begin cleansing itself of tobacco toxins. Two days after you quit, your risk of heart attack will start decreasing . . .” (Source: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/quit-cesser/index_e.html)

So now is the time to stop smoking and CD Whyte Ridge can help you do it.


Genetics and Tobacco Addiction


Recently scientists have discovered a genetic link that makes people more prone to become addicted to tobacco and to develop cancer. This link was found by three separate groups of scientists working in the United States, Canada and Europe and involved the study of 35,000 individuals of European descent. Basically the gene (or closely linked series of three genes) on chromosome 15 makes the people who have it more likely to become addicted to smoking and less likely to quit once they start.

Smokers who only have the gene from one parent have a 30% greater chance of getting lung cancer but smokers who inherit the gene from both parents (10% of the population) end up with an 80% greater chance of developing lung cancer! How the gene actually works is currently being argued; does the gene make the owner more prone to contract cancer or does the gene make the owner prone to smoke more?

In any case quitting smoking deals with the problem, permanently.


Solutions


At CD Whyte Ridge Pharmacy we can offer several solutions to help you stop smoking. We can offer nicotine replacement therapies (like gum or patches) but, more importantly, we can offer our help in developing a Therapeutic Lifestyle Program to help you quit (check out our November 7, 2007 Newsletter for more information). This program, which consists of physical and mental exercises combined with changes in diet and the inclusion of supplements, is designed to make you healthier. However we have also discovered that the program has dramatic power to control the cravings smokers feel as they quit.

That means that the program makes it easier for you to quit!

Think about it this way, if you stop smoking you will be healthier and live longer. You will also save yourself $1,725.00 this year alone (figuring about 12 cigarettes a day or 23 cartons of cigarettes a year at $75.00 per carton), enough for a vacation.

Wishing you the best of health and a good vacation,

Dennis Wong, Owner of CD Whyte Ridge, Consultant Pharmacist

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