WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: OTC BCP's?

Re: OTC BCP's?

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:47:42 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, AMD wrote: >
>Maybe cigarettes should require a prescription, since they seem to be
>such a health risk.....:)

Personally, I think cigarettes should be outlawed -- and if not, they should be heavily taxed and available only by prescription ..."due to psychological and physical addiction, Mrs Jones may smoke 1 cigarette every 3 hours..." >
>Sorry -- couldn't resist the opportunity to add a little levity.
>
>So what do you do with women who claim they don't smoke and want BCP's,
>but you strongly suspect that they do smoke?

I say, "heck, I can smell the cigarette smoke on you from across the room, Ms. Smith, and becasue you are 42, I cannot give you the pill. Now let's talk about smoking cessation, and once you quit, we can revisit the issue of OCPS"

--
M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. LAke Tahoe, CA

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