[BipolarBob]

Hot Dog!! Maybe I can get a two-fer when they do my lobotomy!! I mean they're going to be right there. A little snip and I can quit smoking painlessly!! I love modern medicine.

[L98Fiero]

Probably easier just to take some Chantix.

[vox_freedom]

So after the brain surgery does one just forget to light up, or forget what the white stick thingy is for, or what?

[F-117A]

Wait until we have HillaryCare, smokers will be rounded up for the procedure!

[IntelliQuark]

" smokers who suffered damage to this part of the brain were able to quit quickly and easily. "


You have to be brain damaged to quit smoking?

[Graymatter]

So, you need brain damage to quit smoking easily? Hmm. Let me know when they find the will power "platform" or "insula" or whatchamacallit.
I quit some years ago, it wasn't so hard after about a week of needing to distract myself in various ways---and staying away from the places where I had smoked. After that I rarely even thought of it. Most days I don't even think of cigarettes in any way. And yet, when I do, I remember how enjoyable it was and wish I could partake, but it isn't a physical craving in any sense.

If you want to quit, you don't need brain damage. A brain will do.
If you don't...that's ok too! :)

[Just another Joe]

Oh yeah, I'm going to consider brain surgery to help me quit smoking. NOT!

When I want to quit I will. It helps to have self discipline.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Oh yeah, sure. Some scientists are trying to find a brain center for everything. This is really part of the attempt to reduce the human mind to a machine.

[JayAr36]

Now maybe they can find the center for liberalism.

[Smokin' Joe]

Great News!

Now maybe there is hope for all those people who are addicted to telling everyone else how to live.

Control freaks of every stripe, there is hope for you!

[SW6906]

Ping!

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Hmmmmm.....if it affects my addiction to sex also, I'm not interested....

[Veto!]

I "forgot to smoke" a couple of times, once for eight years and once for ten. Maybe I should have my insula checked.

[Plutarch]

Could be a job for Cyber-Knife!

[Interesting Times]

There are very few behaviors you can't stop by zapping various part of the brain.

None, in fact...

[word_warrior_bob]

Please cure me, I would love to quit smoking.

[~Vor~]

I have a prescription for Chantix...haven't started taking it yet...my parents were living with us...Dad's an 83 year old smoker...they moved back to Florida last Sunday so I am starting my Chantix this coming Monday morning...didn't want to set myself up for failure while they were here...I really really want to quit because I do NOT want to end up with the medical problems my parents have due to smoking...their 4 month visit really opened my eyes!

[lctxken]

Hmmm. Interesting. Brain damage causes non-smoking. I guess I could have told you that.

[Thumper1960]

If smokers stopped smoking...................how would those programs funded by the taxes smokers pay be continued?

There should be a Federal law banning any funding of any studies or experiments that result in a procedure that would "cure" smoking.

The tax monies are needed.................................for The Children.

[Go Gordon]

(Brain addiction center found)

I can understand drug addiction, but being addicted to brain?