care or access to the prescription medicines for quitting smoking. i think it s probably a combination of some demographic and educational issues but i think more than anything, it s an access issue. most folks are getting used to having to claim whether they are a smoker or not when open enrollment pops up. there has been mass media, less barriers to smoking cessation programs and also, it s education. it s really been a comprehensive anti-smoking, it s really made a difference. you remember how dramatically it changed, you suddenly couldn t smoke anymore and you know, we have seen the trickle-down effect. how that s reflected even for high schools as well. dr. natalie, thank you as always. good to see you. so still ahead, we have much more this hour. also, the issue of concussions on the field. we have been talking a lot about this, whether football, soccer. nbc s kerry sanders will look at what happens on the moment of
sphyncters, sometimes acid can get throw up at fight lying flat and they don t have gravity, people wake up with a particularly sore throat. that s what sort of prompted this exam as pointed out, he had a sore throat a couple weeks now, they were careful to say this wasn t an emergent, rather the president had an opening on his schedule, they d conduct the exam and the ct which came back as normal, we are told. that is sort of a story the white house is giving us here, pick la. can you talk about the gravity and lying down, those vows, but there are other things involved here, too. i m assuming from everything i ve read, stress, anxiety, can be factors in all of this we can imagine the president of the united states has a fair amount of that, also, smoking, where is the president on his smoking cessation programs? do you know, sanjay? we have asked that question,
people are taxed according to their income. one central program. no here i m going to pay for everyone else s health care and smoking cessation programs and marital counselling through my premiums and prevents me is going to the doctor and hospital i want to. why does you want affect me? those waivers are going. people are going to the voting booth without realizing that their health insurance is about to be made illegal, won t be able to go to the doctor they want, they can t go the hospitals they want, only the individual self employed like myself a few million in america who are already subject to the provisions of obamacare. i would actually suggest they set up a hotline for vets through a website. we know that s impossible for them to pull off. also what your going to do? is that for the entire country? we re all going under government-run health care. i m saying in the short term
there s a general welfare program. people are taxed according to their income. there s one central program. no here, i m going to pay for everyone else s health care and their smoking cessation programs and their marital counseling, but it prevents me from going to the doctor i want to and the hospital i want to. those waivers are working. people are going to go to the voting booth this september without realizing that their health insurance is about to be made illegal. it is only the individual self-employed like myself who are already subject to the provisions of obamacare. i would suggest they set up a hotline for vets or a website. we know that s impossible for them to pull off. do that for the entire country? we re all going to be under
you can deny the child coverage. it s just a loophole that s been driven through health reform. and it started with contraception because they want to go after women first and foremost. but it doesn t stop at contraception. it goes to breast screening to as you said, diabetes prevention and treatment. anything. i mean, supposing, you know, you are an employer and you personally believe that no one should have ever started smoking. and, therefore, you are not going to support smoking cessation programs to be available. and maybe not even treat lung cancer. you could do it and say, i had a moral objection. people should have known that. senator boxer, what do you make of these this poison atmosphere. like what do you make of these statements today by rush limbaugh? rush limbaugh has insulted and hurt every woman in america. 99% of women have used some form