Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 , I don't know where you live, but if you live in a town with more than one hospital, check around to see if any of them offer free smoking cessation classes through their cardiopulmonary or respiratory therapy units. My local hospital offers a 9 week one, that provides support as well as free cessation products such as Nicoderm CQ patches, Nicorette gum, and the lozenges, not sure who those are made by! They provide the whole 9 week supply, or a combo supply, such as patches and gum or lozenges, whatever it takes to make the cessation program work for you, plus a weekly support meeting. Call your local hospital or hospitals, and see if they have a program like this. It can't hurt to ask, and you might be pleasantly surprised, or you could ask your doctor on Thursday if he knows. And considering how expensive just the patches are, free sounds pretty good! I am planning on taking the next session at my hospital. Did you know that smoking dilates the blood vessels, which means less blood and oxygen are getting to your body, increasing pain levels? Sadly enough, I have known this for a while now, and even tried to quit once, but a bunch of stress came into my life all at once and caused a major setback (before I got wrongfully fired from my job!). We'd probably both feel better for it! I'm sorry you had to go through that pain, but I'm glad to hear it wasn't heart related! All my best, Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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