Clearing the Smoke on Addiction

A year back a friend of mine had made resolutions to quit smoking. Unfortunately he did not succeed. This was mostly because he was sidetracked from his good intentions to quit and was misled into thinking that he could do it by switching to 'light' or 'mild' cigarrettes, presumably to migitate the risks posed by regular cigarettes. This made him to believe that those cigarettes yielded substantial reduction in toxin exposure and pose less health risks.

However, on switching to 'light' cigarrette brands he became less likely to quit smoking and the situation was worse for him fopr he started developing serious complications.

      Luckily his peers took him to a small organisation in our area that helped transform the lives of drug addicts. At the organisation he was most effectively treated with a combination of drugs and given specialist behavioural support. With time he showed quick progress and after one year he quited smoking completely.

Location: KITHOO, MERU, KENYA