Ardis:

Why thank you very much!

I really believe that what all of us want (including smokers) is to eventually arrive at a point were all are ABLE to just quit, nobody will be smoking, and threads like this will be a moot point. There needs to be a WHOLE LOT done by both government and "big pharma" in developing more effective "stop smoking" drugs. I never knew a smoker who didn't really want to quit. That is probably the source of my compassion for smokers. Before I was able to quit ten years ago, I had unsuccessfully tried to do so more times than I can count! Then, my doctor put me on a drug called "effexor" for another problem. As a side effect, smoking no longer gave me a "buzz" but just left a bad taste in my mouth. That and "the gum" allowed me to quit for good. This drug doesn't have the same beneficial effect for everyone, and what we need badly is a drug that does.