Truckers Banned Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix As Well
By Anna Boyd
16:22, May 23rd 2008

Following the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ban use of
anti-smoking drug Chantix by pilots and air controllers on Wednesday, now it
is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's turn to warn against
the medicine.

On Thursday, the agency urged medical examiners "to not qualify anyone
currently using this medication for commercial motor vehicle licenses," the
Wall Street Journal reports.

The dramatic decisions follow a report by the Institute for Safe Medication
Practices, a non-profit watchdog group based in Horsham, Pa., which warns
against "use of Chantix among persons operating aircrafts, trains, buses and
other vehicles, or in other settings where a lapse in alertness or motor
control could lead to massive, serious injury."

The report linked Chantix to 988 serious events in the last quarter of 2007
alone.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:29:37 -0600, "Reality_Check©" wrote:

The solution is simple. Just define the cab of a commercial truck "a workplace".
Never mind that the driver is alone. Never mind that 91%% of truck drivers smoke.
Make no provisions for smoking cessation. Demand that the driver quit cold turkey or be
fired. That's how antismokers think.

Antismokers are all assholes. The evidence is their postings to this newsgroup.

On May 24, 4:03 am, Shawn Hirn comcast.net> wrote:

In article <9hdf3493me8o5q1abamk7afk51udh5tkup@4ax.com>,
Robert wrote:

Source.

On 24 May 2008 15:32:41 GMT, anon3c67@nyx.nyx.net (Bruce Watson) wrote:

The source was a trucking industry newsletter, which did not cite its source.

This study found the rate to be 67%%.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1945044

This one, based on the same data, presents it graphically by birth year.
It shows young drivers smoking twice as much as old ones.

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10027/fig3.jpg
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10027/10027.html

In article 4ax.com>,
Robert wrote:

Robert wrote:

Bruce Watson wrote:

Same place as always ... his fat cankerous ass.

Rule #1 = Smokers ALWAYS Lie!

On 24 May 2008 18:29:22 GMT, anon3c67@nyx.nyx.net (Bruce Watson) wrote:

On Sat, 24 May 2008 16:54:35 -0600, "_ Prof. Jonez _" jonez.net> wrote: