no more, no less. a pediatrician looks at ALL parents as POTENTIAL abusers.

[Aristus]

267. If you'll re-read my posts carefully, you'll notice I never said smoking was the only hazard to

health.

However, I did mention, several times, the importance of decreasing the risk of contracting or acquiring preventable diseases. I certainly don't ignore the other causes of cancers. But I do concentrate on the factors that are within my patients' control. We can't do anything directly and immediately about the problem of environmental toxins (although re-read again above about the reductions we've made to these through the legislative process).

I put control of my patients' current and future health into their own hands and re-assure them that this is something they can do now; no waiting, no wishing, no special equipment, no need for a 'yes-you-may' from the government. It can be done now. The power is in your hands.

It's a very life-affirming thing, taking control of one's health, and making the decision to get better.