From: johnpolito@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 01/24/04
A January 2004 CDC report asserts that 53.6% of all South Carolina adult
everyday smokers made a serious quitting attempt of at least one full day during
2002.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/adults_prev/mmwr5253.htm
Sadly, South Carolina nicotine dependency recovery rates are so horrible that
the percentage of adults regularly smoking nicotine actually rose from 24.7% in
2000 to 26.6% in 2002. Why?
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/statehi/html_2002/South_Carolina.htm
South Carolina's nicotine dependency literacy rate is as nearly 0%. Graduation
rates from the school of hard quitting knocks are in the neighborhood of 5% at
one year but widespread ignorance of the law of addiction places their
continuing freedom at risk.
Experts assert that it takes a certain number of quitting attempts - said to
range from 3 to 15 depending upon the particular survey being cited - before the
average quitter learns the secrets to breaking nicotine's grip upon their mind.
But what are those secrets and where are they being shared in S.C.?
Education, understanding, new skills and solid support are the keys to enhancing
the prospect of success in all human endeavors. It's the reason why our
elementary schools, high schools, technical colleges, and universities exist.
Why would mastering an understanding of nicotine dependency recovery be any
different?
With the brain dopamine, adrenaline and serotonin pathways of one-quarter of our
citizens chemically captive to nicotine, and each puff destroying a bit more of
their body's ability to receive and transport life giving oxygen, why are their
needs being ignored? Should we tax them to death or invite them to taste life?
John R. Polito
1325 Pherigo Street
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 849-9721
john@whyquit.com
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