Smoking – Health and Economic Costs By Professor Colin Mendelsohn

Professor Colin Mendelsohn is a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. He helps smokers to quit smoking, teaches health professionals, writes articles on smoking, and is involved in a range of other smoking-related projects. He teaches medical and Masters students  at the University of New South Wales. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Technology (UTS). He is also the chairman of the health promotion charity, Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA), and has published many articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Take-Home Points:

• Patients are more likely to die from their smoking habit, than from their drug, alcohol, or mental health problem.
• Quitting smoking should be an integral part of the treatment of addiction and mental health problems.
• Vaping is the most popular method of quitting smoking because it replicates the habit which no other treatment does.

Full article: https://psychscenehub.com/vide....o/smoking-health-eco