[metmom]

The letter notes a recent study which shows that physicians are killing more than 40,000 American smokers each year by failing to follow federal guidelines which mandate that the doctor warn the smoking patient about the many dangers of smoking and provide effective medical treatment for the majority who wish to quit.

Oh, what a bunch of crap!

With the huge anti-smoking campaign we've seen in this country, I doubt there's a person out there that knows that smoking isn't good for you. And I'd like to meet a doctor yet who wouldn't be willing to provide some form of treatment for someone who was asking for help quitting.

If the patient doesn't want it, that's their choice. The doctor shouldn't be in a position of having to force it on him.

[neverdem]

There’s good reason why Bill Shakespeare had lawyers first on the list.