Commit Lozenge addict
26/04/10 17:42
I have
this friend Joanne. She used to smoke. It was really
bothering her and she had some other health issues so
I decided to step in and try to give her some help. I
made a call to the local pharmacy and had some of
those
Commit Lozenges delivered.
They're the the ones that contain all that nicotine
and you 're supposed to take less and less over time
till you're free of it. Well, it started out great.
Joanne started with about 6/day and immediately
ceased smoking. She worked her way down and the last
time we really talked about it she was down to about
one per day. So, I thought that was great. Joanne
said her desire to actually smoke was gone. Well, I
sat there patting myself on the back for awhile and
felt pretty good about doing a good deed. That was,
oh, about five years ago. Today, she was over feeding
my dog and we were laughing and then she left. I got
a call about 20 minutes later.
"Liz, hi, it's Joanne. Listen, could you do me a favor? When I was over by the dog's dishes I think I dropped a left-over sliver of a Commit Lozenge on the floor in or around the dog's dish."
"OK," I answered, "And...you want me to look for it?"
"Yea," she said, "I need it back. I need it."
"Let me understand this," I said, "You want me to look around the dog's dish and if I find it in it or around it you want me to actually pick it up and save it for you? Then when you get it you will actually put this in your mouth because you 'need it'?"
"Yea," she said, "That sounds pretty bad doesn't it? But look anyway."
Joanne is back up to about 6/day. She's been doing this for about 5 years. This is when I realized that those clever people in the pharmaceutical companies were actually creating an addiction bridge from cigarettes to lozenges and gum. No wonder you don't see smokers protesting all the restrictions put on them from restaurants and corporations. They are just taking it in a different form and the pharmaceuticals are getting rich. Everybody wins! Except the addicts.
In case you're wondering, I did not find it. (I mean really, even if I did...) Further, I already looked up the stock ticker on the Nicorette products and its GSK. Because the nicorette products are mixed in with all their other offerings it doesn't really make a difference in the general stock price.
"Liz, hi, it's Joanne. Listen, could you do me a favor? When I was over by the dog's dishes I think I dropped a left-over sliver of a Commit Lozenge on the floor in or around the dog's dish."
"OK," I answered, "And...you want me to look for it?"
"Yea," she said, "I need it back. I need it."
"Let me understand this," I said, "You want me to look around the dog's dish and if I find it in it or around it you want me to actually pick it up and save it for you? Then when you get it you will actually put this in your mouth because you 'need it'?"
"Yea," she said, "That sounds pretty bad doesn't it? But look anyway."
Joanne is back up to about 6/day. She's been doing this for about 5 years. This is when I realized that those clever people in the pharmaceutical companies were actually creating an addiction bridge from cigarettes to lozenges and gum. No wonder you don't see smokers protesting all the restrictions put on them from restaurants and corporations. They are just taking it in a different form and the pharmaceuticals are getting rich. Everybody wins! Except the addicts.
In case you're wondering, I did not find it. (I mean really, even if I did...) Further, I already looked up the stock ticker on the Nicorette products and its GSK. Because the nicorette products are mixed in with all their other offerings it doesn't really make a difference in the general stock price.