Giusi wrote:
> "dsi1" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:P8adnY2WFrQfTw3VnZ2dnUVZ_r3inZ2d@hawaiiantel. net...
>> cybercat wrote:
>>> Probably true. My experience with addiction was my 25-year smoking habit
>
>> My wife works at a state psych hospital the "cares" for people who have
>> done the worst and most violent things imaginable. The state passed a law
>> that would require the patients to give up smoking. I thought that the
>> switchover might have some bad outcomes given that it's one of their few
>> allowed indulgences but everything went smoothly. It seems that in a
>> controlled environment, it's not too difficult to give up certain
>> addictions and reach 100% compliance.
>
> I could have used incarceration last January when I quit. It might still be
> a good idea.


> Seems cruel to lock them up and take their smokes away,
> though.

I thought so too. Although the state did supply them with
give-up-smoking patches.

OTOH, considering their situation, any problems brought on by smoking
would seem to be minor next to mental illness.