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People with psychiatric and substance use disorders, including youth and young adults, are far more likely to use tobacco than those in the general population, yet they are less likely to have a diagnosis of and receive treatment for nicotine addiction. These people deserve treatment of their nicotine addiction and can successfully quit using tobacco.Although people with psychiatric and substance use disorders are more likely to relapse in their tobacco-cessation efforts than the population at large, there is little evidence that nicotine withdrawal will escalate psychiatric symptoms.One study of patients in a maximumsecurity forensic hospital showed a decrease in sick calls, total disruptive behavior, and verbal aggression after a smoking ban was implemented. Several psychiatric facilities, including facilities for adolescents, have successfully eliminated tobacco use. Because nicotine withdrawal may unmask psychiatric symptoms or disorders, this potential should be anticipated, and treatment of these symptoms or disorders should be considered an adjunct to treatment of tobacco use and dependence

The prevalence of cigarette smoking is greatest among adults who live below the poverty line and those who have not completed high school52; accordingly, SHS exposure disproportionately affects children who live in low-income households.52 Use of other forms of tobacco is similarly distributed according to income and education levels.53 The costs associated with tobacco use exacerbate the health harms to children by decreasing available family funds while increasing the likelihood of poor health in their parents, which can lead to decreased family income and stratification of tobacco use in the population that is least able to afford the consequences

Philip Morris International (PMI), producer of Marlboro brand, have been asked to analyse the expected impact of
display bans on tobacco consumption.
Display  bans  are  regulations  that prohibit  the  visual  display  of  tobacco  products  within
the  point  of  sale.  They  are the  most  restrictive  of  all  point-of-sale  regulations, which
include limitations on height and visibility of displays, prohibition of self-service displays,
and restrictions on logos, banners, and window posters.
Display  bans  are  rare.  Only  two  countries  in  Europe  have introduced  display  bans  
Iceland in August 200110 and Ireland in 2009.11 All Canadian provinces, except one, and
two Australian states have also introduced point of sale display bans.12
In this report I examine the  data on the impact of the Icelandic display ban on smoking
prevalence amongst the Icelandic population.
In Iceland,  as in most Western countries, smoking prevalence has been declining since
at least the mid 1980s. The percentage of individuals aged 15 to 79 years who smoked
declined from 33% in 1987 to 19% in 2007. Likewise, the percentage of individuals aged
15 to 24 years who smoked fell from 28% in 1989 to 19% in 2007.13
The  question  I  examine here  is  to  what  extent  this decline  in  smoking  prevalence was
caused by the display ban. This is not  straightforward because smoking prevalence can

be  affected  by  many  different  factors  in  addition  to  a  display  ban, such  as  other
regulations, social trends and changes in the price of cigarettes.
It  is  clear  that,  since  the  decline  in  smoking  prevalence  pre-dates  the  introduction  of  a
display ban, it cannot be wholly explained by  it. In  addition,  in Iceland,  the display ban
was preceded by several other tobacco control measures, such as an advertising ban on
all media and the introduction of mandatory health warnings in 1985, a ban on smoking
in  public  areas  in  1999  and  a  brand  sharing  prohibition  in  2002.14 Those  interventions
may  have  continued  to  affect smoking  prevalence  after  August  2001.  In  addition,
cigarette prices in Iceland have been continuously increasing since the mid 1980s, both
in  absolute  and  relative  terms.  The  increase  in  tobacco  prices  is  likely  to  have  had  a
negative impact on smoking prevalence.
For  these  reasons  a  simple  comparison  of  the  smoking  rate  before  and  after  the
implementation  of  the  display  ban  is likely  to  exaggerate  its  impact.  To  estimate  the
impact  of  display  bans  on  smoking  rates  accurately,  I  need  to take  into  account  the
impact of  cigarette  prices  and  other  tobacco  measures on  smoking  prevalence.  This  is
what I have done using standard statistical techniques.

Reaching the goal of decreasing the accessibility and availability of tobacco products by
pricing and tobacco-use restrictions will require actions beyond the authority of DoD. DoD does
not have complete autonomy with regard to the pricing of tobacco products and is subject to
Congressional oversight on this issue. Tobacco products are offered at a discount in military
commissaries and exchanges, and the committee believes that DoD should not subsidize an
activity that adversely affects military readiness and health. The committee finds that DoD and
the services have restricted tobacco use to designated areas on installations but believes that
primary and secondary exposure to tobacco smoke could be reduced if the restrictions were
extended to decrease the number of such areas, extend the tobacco ban from basic military
training to technical training, and prohibit tobacco use in medical-treatment facilities.
The committee commends DoD for its efforts in identifying tobacco users. All the armed
services require that the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Tobacco
Use be used by health-care providers. The guideline, a joint effort of VA and DoD, is modeled
on the 2000 PHS clinical-practice guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. It provides
a military and veteran focus for tobacco-cessation interventions. All service members are to be
asked about their tobacco status during their annual physical and dental examinations, and the
information is to be included in the patients’ medical records. DoD’s success in providing
targeted interventions to tobacco users is less clear. Although the guidelines call for health-care
professionals to advise patients to quit tobacco use and at least refer them for treatment if they
indicate willingness to make a quit attempt, adherence to this practice is not monitored. Targeted
interventions are available and are described in the VA/DoD guideline. The treatment options
used by the services are variable, and their long-term effect on abstinence rates in active-duty
personnel or their families has not been evaluated.
The committee believes that DoD should provide a nationwide quitline for military
personnel and their families in addition to the computer-based program “Quit Tobacco. Make
Everyone Proud”. A national quitline would offer consistency regardless of where service
members were stationed. Quitline counselors should be trained to deal with military-specific
issues, such as deployment and PTSD.
Many installations make available tobacco-cessation programs that include counseling
and medication, but not all do. The committee is pleased to note that the 2009 DoD appropriation
bill included a provision for TRICARE, part of the MHS, to cover smoking-cessation treatment
for its beneficiaries. The committee hopes that that coverage will include treatment for
smokeless-tobacco use, a growing problem in the military.

Amazingly, nicotine somehow doubles the rate by which the body
depletes caffeine. The caffeine user’s blood-caffeine level will double to 203% of normal baseline
if no intake reduction is made when quitting. This interaction is not a problem for any caffeine user
who can handle a doubling of their of normal caffeine intake without experiencing symptoms. But
consider a modest caffeine intake reduction, of up to one-half, if troubled by additional anxieties,
difficulty relaxing or trouble getting to sleep.

Subconscious Trigger Extinguishment - As mentioned, we conditioned our subconscious mind to
expect nicotine replenishment when encountering certain locations, times, events, people or emotions.
Be prepared for each such cue to trigger a brief crave episode as the subconscious mind sounds the
body’s fight or flight survival alarm. Remember, it is impossible for any trigger to cause relapse so long
as nicotine does not enter the bloodstream. Take heart, most triggers are reconditioned and
extinguished by a single encounter during which the subconscious mind fails to receive the expected
result - nicotine. See each crave episode as an opportunity to receive a reward, the return of yet
another aspect of life.