Dr. Dunford shares his disheartening stories of nicotine addiction and the effects on the entire family. It is the worst to see asthmatic children die from the direct result of a parent smoking. Prevention is key, and it is difficult to see patients basically drowning from lung cancer and young heart attack victims with families that shouldn't have happened. He wishes the system was a whole lot better and a web friendly system was available where you could just push a button to be able to start the process. We should have something like that in place for blood pressure problems, smoking cessation and all other health problems that are extracting billions of dollars from the economy, shortening everyone's lives and ruining families. He urges everyone to be responsible for their own health. Doctors are there to patch you up, not to save your life. We cannot be dependent on healthcare, and we need to teach our kids to be responsible and to take care of their health. Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services and his interest lies in seeking ways to exploit the potential of EMS to benefit public safety. Under his mentorship the San Diego EMS system has achieved international recognition for clinical care and research.