Bioethics Forum: “It is almost as if these companies had made a joint decision to cast smoking as a chronic disease in order to reposition their products as long-term maintenance medications, like methadone. Smoking cessation is painted as a goal unachievable without pharmacologic assistance. Nicotine, the addictive component in both cigarettes and nicotine replacement products, is portrayed as harmless in medicinal form, as is buproprion (which can cause seizures) and varenecline (which has been linked to psychiatric disturbances, including suicidal ideation and suicides).”
(via Health Care Renewal)
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