2002 Mar 1;11(suppl 1):i92-101
While the number of people who smoke has declined over the yearsand many young people are turning to e-cigarettes rather than starting cigarette smokingwe still have a lot of people with a very long history of cigarette smoking, who, despite all tobacco public health efforts, are not able to stop, says Lisa Fucito, PhD, director of the Tobacco Treatment Service at Smilow Cancer Hospital
I wanted to either sprint into the night screaming, Taco Bell, I'm back, soda is life! or spit purple like the Exorcist and declare, This is exactly why soda is the Devil. Instead, I took a sip, let the bubbles tingle, took another, and nodded like a judge on a baking show
Crucially, this is the stage during which your body begins to wean itself off physical dependencies, alongside the mental pressure of resisting the urge to smoke