His patients tend to be elderly, but if one is relatively young, then it's a full-court press against smoking.
"We really go over the top trying to get them to stop because they haven't lost all their lung function yet. They can preserve it."
But they can't retrieve it.
Law believes your mental state during treatment matters. It's easy to imagine that feelings of self-recrimination aren't helpful.
"There's a mortality risk with depression. Your internal healer just doesn't get energized."
In the back of his mind, Law acknowledges what is generally the clinical truth: "If you never would have smoked, you wouldn't have this."
As a doctor, however, none of that changes his enthusiasm for trying to make it better.
Rather than pushing patients to quit, he will wait if necessary and come back to it.
Law has antibiotics, steroids, bronchodilators and nicotine patches in his arsenal. A vegan himself, he explains the benefits of a healthier diet and exercise.
To every patient he asks: "What can we do to make you feel better?"
It would be easy to feel discouraged, but he's not. This is when Law stokes his empathy by focusing his anger.
"We lost sight of the fact that nicotine is the most addictive substance on the face of the earth – more than heroin or crack cocaine. It's a terrible, demonic herb."
Who's pushing that?
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