I've wondered about the others lately as well, hit up a few of the newbie posts to keep me busy. There is alot less drama at the Q, although a recent post regarding Nicotine Dependency Help at the Mayo Clinic made me kinda depressed.
I'm lucky enough to live in a state bordering MN, so we have the ability to get referred to Mayo for serious medical issues. Was an ear-saver (yes really) for my mother in law. Hometown doctors were certain a bump on her ear was cancer, fast growing, dead soon kind of situation. Wanted to CUT OFF HER EAR to save her. She freaked and we took her to Mayo (not a small task when I live in central IA and she's in Sioux City).
Doctors there told her it wasn't cancer, and they ended up doing a "write up" for a medical journal as they had never seen her type of condition before. Mayo care is tops in my book!
Then I see how they have not yet taken a serious look at nicotine w/o smoking:
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Mayo really does do wonderful work, but its so disheartening that a more cosmopolitan approach hasn't been considered. Mayo is known worldwide for out-of-the-box thinking when approaching a medical issue, thought smoking/nicotine would play right into that.
I'll have to give them more time. They (mayo) are confronting the smoking issue head-on, and I can't really say anything against that aspect.