Murray Jarvik

A psychologist and pharmacologist, Jarvik was perplexed why his wife had such a hard time quitting smoking. "It is strange that people should go to such lengths to burn and then inhale some vegetable matter," he once said. "We must find out what is rewarding about it." A non-smoker himself, "Murray was always asking, 'Why do people smoke?'" said Richard Olmstead of the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program at University of California at Los Angeles. What Jarvik finally figured out was that nicotine, a key ingredient in tobacco smoke, was addictive. With that, "He was able to largely answer his question," Olmstead said. Jarvik started studying smoking in the 1960s at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and in 1972 moved to UCLA to continue his studies. He was intrigued that farmers who picked tobacco leaves by hand would have symptoms of smoking, even if they didn't smoke. He theorized they were absorbing nicotine through their skin, which led Jarvik (with two other researchers) to invent what's now one of the primary tools to help people stop smoking: the nicotine patch. Jarvik, who suffered from heart ailments after contracting rheumatic fever when he was 12, died May 15 from congestive heart failure. He was 84. From This is True for 11 May 2008 Suggestions for further reading: The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers U... by Allen Carr Amazon Price: $14.95 Customer Review: Memorial day this year marked my two year, non-smoking anniversary. I can't tell you how many times people have asked me, "how did you do it?" and I've been able to reference this book. Then they ask, "what *is* the 'Easy Way'" and for the life of ...   The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-smokers U... by Allen Carr Amazon Price: $9.32 Customer Review: If you're serious about stopping smoking and if you read and understand what Allen Carr is saying in "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking," YOU WILL QUIT. There are no scare tactics, no gloom and doom, but everything he says makes sense. I read the ...   The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking: A Revolutionary Approach Using Allen ... by Allen Carr, Francesca Cesati Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I used this book and the regular one. They are both good the other one was what I preferred it was a more updated version. I quit and am now so happy I have not gained one pound, that was my greatest fear. I was however active prior to quitting. I am...   The Sixty-Second Motivator by Jim Johnson Amazon Price: $10.76 Customer Review: Review by Richard L. Weaver II, PhD. Using Jim Johnson's book, The Sixty-Second Motivator, in just 1-2 hours (the time it takes you to read this book), you can learn what it often takes courses, lengthy DVDs, and major volumes to teach. ...   Stop Smoking in One Hour: Play the CD... Just Once... and Never Smoke Again! by Susan Hepburn Amazon Price: Customer Review: I was a pack a day smoker for 19 years and had never tried to quit because I was too afraid to fail. I found out I was pregnant and thought for sure knowing that alone would make me quit... It didn't. I knew I needed to figure something out because I...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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