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Dr. Chris Steele, MBE, is a British medical doctor well known for his many media appearances. He is...

Dr. Chris Steele, MBE, is a British medical doctor well known for his many media appearances. He is the "resident" doctor on ITV's This Morning daytime magazine show. He appeared on the very first show in 1988 and still appears on the show every week. Steele attended St Aidan's Catholic School. He qualified as a doctor in 1968 and has worked as a general practitioner in South Manchester ever since. He became interested in treating his patients who smoked in the early 1970s and he is now recognised as an international expert in smoking cessation and nicotine addiction. He has lectured on this subject in over 27 countries around the world, making many media appearances. In 1984, the he was faced with a dilemma regarding the prescribing of nicotine gum (Nicorette) for smokers who wanted help in giving up their cigarettes. At that time in the UK, nicotine gum was a prescription only medicine (a POM). It was in fact the only POM amongst thousands that could not be prescribed at NHS expense, in other words it was not reimbursable under the socialised medicine system that was in effect at that time in the UK. A Department of Health committee, known as the Advisory Committee on Borderline