Well who’d have thunk?! I had no idea cigarettes contain sugar and turns out about 95% of smokers don’t either, according to this recently published article! Now while we’re not purporting this is going to be of caloric significance enough to prove a deal-breaker for the ‘I Quit Sugar’ devotees and others watching their waistlines 😉 its presence in cigarettes is far from benign for other reasons…
“Sugars naturally occur in tobacco leaf but are also commonly added to cigarettes by tobacco companies.
Added sugar increases levels of toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke. “
Never mind that we have a long list of much more terrifying chemicals more commonly known by smokers to be found in their affectionately-named, cancer sticks! Maybe our current overwhelming fear (for some!) of sugar might be the great tipping point in their decision-making process?! I’m not sure but it’s worth a try…one final factor to build on the already impressive impact of our anti-smoking public health campaign here in Australia? I still meet clients who eat ‘organic’, regularly do pilates or yoga but still confess to slipping in ‘social ciggies’ on the side, – do you?! So for this popular patient paradox anything is worth a try…perhaps tell them about the sugar! 😉
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