jiml@pesnta.UUCP (Jim Livingston) (08/10/84)
I am attending a `stop smoking' clinic, and one of the recommendations made by the instructor, for the temperory relief of the discomfort of withdrawel is to eat Velamints, chew certain gums etc. When this subject came up, one of the people in the clinic said that this was a terrible idea because these gums and candies cause a buildup of hydrogen gas in the blood stream. Does anyone on net.med know if this is true, and if so is/can it be harmful ? If I get enough responses of interest to this net I will post them. Thanks in advance. PS Please respond by mail. -- Jim Livingston, Perkin-Elmer Data Systems Group - Santa Clara, Calif. UUCP: ..!hplabs!pesnta!jiml