I don’t advise patients to quit smoking. I don’t exhort alcoholics to stop drinking. I don’t preach to my obese clientele to slim down. And I don’t lecture patients to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This may be the point were some readers are wondering, “What kind of doctor are you?” For the record, I do not endorse or advise cigarette smoking, alcohol addiction, obesity or careless behavior during the pandemic. I favor temperance in my own life. I exercise. I am attentive to my BMI. And I wear a mask and have received my COVID-19 injections with enthusiasm. But it has never been my style, either professionally or beyond the office, to tell people what to do. Once folks reach a certain age, which for many are the teenage years, you just can’t make them do stuff. Every parent understands this. This does not mean that I don’t have influence over people who trust me. I do and I use it. However, i t’s a process issue. How best can we help individuals make sound deci
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