Dear doctors,
Long time listener and program user just now stumbling across the forum. A couple podcasts past, you all discussed what might be the leading causes of mortality as anti-obesity medications change the health landscape. I was wondering fi you see the rise of vaporizers (especially among the youth) as likely to increase tobacco-related mortality in the future.
More importantly, I am wondering what the medical literature says about tobacco cessation. I am a long time cigarette smoker but an otherwise healthy lifter in my late-20s. As I age (and consume more barbell medicine media), I try to leave the habit behind but find it very difficult. Similar to the obesity problem, I find willpower-fueled impulse-control nearly impossible long-term, and my environment (academia) is completely saturated with fellow cig-smokers. This is something I work on with my psychiatrist (whom I see for a separate problem, OCD), which helps understand the nature of the addiction, but tobacco ultimately proves really resistant to their toolkit of interventions.
Thanks in advance from a fellow doctor (PhD in Chinese Literature) 