TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Local doctor offers advice to quit smoking
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Gabrielle Jansen / The Outlook Russell Medical pulmonologist Dr. Adrian Cargill restarted the quit smoking cessation program when he joined the hospital last year.

 Gabrielle Jansen

Quitting a bad habit such as smoking can be difficult. The best way to stop is to never start, according to Russell Medical pulmonologist Dr. Adrian Cargill.

“Quitting is something that takes time and effort and just because you fail doesn’t mean you’ll never quit,” Cargill said. “(As a doctor) you remember the patients you’ve seen with the (recent) lung cancer (diagnosis) or those who look like they’re 80 but they’re 40 because they look so aged (from smoking). You know that this decision that they make to quit will help their health for years to come, which they don’t realize.”