In 2008 The National Institute of Health Interview Survey estimated 24.8 million men and 21.1 million women smoke.  That’s 20% of the population of our country that is unwilling and unable to choose a healthier lifestyle.

The negative side-effects of choosing to smoke are:

COPD or emphysema

Heart disease

Abdominal aneurysm

Various forms of cancer: lung, bladder, uterus, cervix, esophagus, stomach, mouth and throat to name a few.

A 2010 published study found high cause/effect relationship to smoking and depression.

As with all major addictions (work, sex, gambling, drugs and alcohol) and other compulsive disorders (ADD, Trictotelomania, ODD, etc.) the addiction is a narcissistic means to an end (happiness, safety, security, personal power, identity, value, worth, etc.)

The key is are you willing to look honestly at the facts concerning your health risks and take informed action?  If not your habitual choices (vices) can have extreme consequences (death).

I have personally helped many people transform from addict to victor by supporting their system nutritionally, detoxing the body naturally, unlocking unconscious sabotage patterns/perceptions and coaching the client to take charge when the thought or desire to smoke is evoked.  The alternative to Health-care, is drugs/surgery and eventually an untimely checkout.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips BA.,BS.,D.C.