Šalje: QuitSmokingTips [bwprice@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 19. svibanj 2001 17:27 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingTips - Volume 3 Number 24 QuitSmokingTips - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Saturday May 19, 2001 *** Volume 3 Number 24 *** ..................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. Good News for Women: Stop Smoking, Not Eating 3. CHECK YOUR SMOKING I.Q. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS: ---------------------------- Quit Smoking with the help of an artificial cigarette. 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Click here to find out more: http://quinst.com/c.jsp?area=konikimansurougedo -------------------------------------------------------------------- ========> 1. What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Questions About Smoking & Your Health: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/questions.htm Our quitting smoking bulletin board is one of the most popular quit smoking support areas on the Internet!! Sign up at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 Are you "Rationalizing Your Smoking": http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/excuses.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. Good News for Women: Stop Smoking, Not Eating By:Ruth Kava - American Council on Science and Health Smokers who quit smoking typically gain a modest amount of weight. This weight gain seems to deter many women from attempting to quit, even though the health benefits of smoking cessation far outweigh any negative health effects of weight gain. "Fear of weight gain is particularly cited by female smokers," notes Dr. Nancy Rigotti of the Harvard Medical School in an editorial, "some of whom, it seems, would prefer to be slender young corpses rather than plump women with long lives." But one hypothesis suggests that those who exercise regularly while they are quitting smoking may substantially diminish associated weight gain as well as improve their chances of quitting. A study by Dr. B. H. Marcus and coworkers published in the latest (June 14) issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, assessed whether exercise does indeed enhance the ability to quit smoking and to maintain an ex-smoker status, while reducing the tendency toward weight gain. A total of 281 healthy but inactive young to middle-aged women took part in the study. On average, the participants had smoked more than one pack of cigarettes per day for over 20 years. The women participated in either a behavioral smoking-cessation program alone (the control group), or in the same program with the addition of three supervised sessions of vigorous aerobic exercise per week (the exercise group). All participants stopped smoking after the fifth week of the 12-week-long program. Compared with the control group, the exercisers were significantly more successful at maintaining their abstinence from smoking both 3 and 12 months after the formal program ended. At the same time, exercisers were in better physical condition and had gained significantly less weight than the sedentary quitters (6.7 versus 11.8 pounds). Most of the effect of exercise on weight control was seen during the period in which the subjects participated in the exercise intervention, and the authors noted that weight gain was delayed but not completely prevented in this trial. They suggested that this was due to some subjects' stopping regular exercise once the 12 week treatment program ended, and to others' possibly reducing their exercise frequency or intensity once exercise sessions were no longer supervised. Beyond the direct effects of exercise on increasing metabolic rate and calorie expenditure, Marcus and colleagues state that "exercise may also have advantages that complement existing treatments," "is effective in modulating depression," and "is a beneficial strategy for managing stress." Women smokers should take heart from these results -- they can both quit smoking and eat at least some cake-as long as they keep moving! American Council on Science and Health ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. CHECK YOUR SMOKING I.Q. If you or someone you know is a smoker who has smoked for many years, you may think it's too late or no point in quitting now. Think again. At the least, you'll feel more in control and have fewer coughs and colds and also feel a lot better and have a lot more energy. On the other hand, with every cigarette you smoke, you increase your chances of having a heart attack, stroke, or cancer. Need some help thinking more about this? Take this smokers' I.Q. quiz. Just answer "true" or "false" to each statement below. The answers follow and include some excellent information. True or False ___ 1. If you have smoked for most of your life, it's not worth stopping now. ___ 2. Older smokers who try to quit are more likely to stay off cigarettes. ___ 3. Smokers get tired and short of breath more easily than nonsmokers the same age. ___ 4. Smoking is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke among adults 60 years of age and older. ___ 5. Quitting smoking can help those who have already had a heart attack. ___ 6. Most older smokers don't want to stop smoking. ___ 7. An older smoker is more likely to smoke more cigarettes than a younger smoker. ___ 8. Someone who has smoked for 30 to 40 years probably won't be able to quit smoking. ___ 9. Very few older adults smoke cigarettes. ___ 10. Lifelong smokers are more likely to die of diseases like emphysema and bronchitis than nonsmokers. Answers to the Check Your Smoking "I.Q." Quiz 1. FALSE: Nonsense! You have every reason to quit now and quit for good--even if you've been smoking for years. Stopping smoking will help you live longer and feel better. You will reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer; improve blood flow and lung function; and help stop diseases like emphysema and bronchitis from getting worse. 2. TRUE: Once they quit, older smokers are far more likely than younger smokers to stay away from cigarettes. Older smokers know more about both the short- and long-term health benefits of quitting. 3. TRUE: Smokers, especially those over 50 years old, are much more likely to get tired, feel short of breath, and cough more often. These symptoms can signal the start of bronchitis or emphysema, both of which are suffered more often by older smokers. Stopping smoking will help reduce these symptoms. 4. TRUE: Smoking is a major risk factor for four of the&127 five leading causes of death including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and lung diseases like emphysema and bronchitis. For adults 60 and over, smoking is a major risk factor for six of the top 14 causes of death. Older male smokers are nearly twice as likely to die from stroke as older men who do not smoke. The odds are nearly as high for older female smokers. Cigarette smokers of any age have a 70 percent greater heart disease death rate than do nonsmokers. 5. TRUE: The good news is that stopping smoking does help people who have suffered a heart attack. In fact, their chances of having another attack are smaller. In some cases, ex-smokers can cut their risk of another heart attack by half or more. 6. FALSE: Most smokers would prefer to quit. In fact, in a recent study, 65 percent of older smokers said that they would like to stop. What keeps them from quitting? They are afraid of being irritable, nervous, and tense. Others are concerned about cravings for cigarettes. Most don't want to gain weight. Many think it's too late to quit--that quitting after so many years of smoking will not help. But this is not true. 7. TRUE: Older smokers usually smoke more cigarettes than younger people. Plus, older smokers are more likely to smoke high nicotine brands. 8. FALSE: You may be surprised to learn that older smokers are actually more likely to succeed at quitting smoking. This is more true if they're already experiencing long-term&127&127 smoking-related symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing, or chest pain. Older smokers who stop want to avoid further health problems, take control of their life, get rid of the smell of cigarettes, and save money. 9. FALSE: One out of five adults aged 50 or older smokes cigarettes. This is more than 11 million smokers, a fourth of the country's 43 million smokers! About 25 percent of the general U.S. population still smokes. 10. TRUE: Smoking greatly increases the risk of dying from diseases like emphysema and bronchitis. In fact, over 80 percent of all deaths from these two diseases are directly&127 due to smoking. The risk of dying from lung cancer is also a lot higher for smokers than nonsmokers: 22 times higher for males, 12 times higher for females. How did you do? 10 correct -- Congratulations! You could have written this quiz! Since you already know so much about the effects of smoking on older adults, share this information with your family and friends. If you smoke, you also know enough to quit--today! 8-9 correct -- Excellent. If you got at least 8 right, then you have at least 8 good reasons to stop smoking--or never start. Ask your doctor or nurse for more information. 8 correct -- Take a little more time to review the facts in this quiz. Then, talk to your doctor or nurse soon about the benefits of stopping smoking. This quiz was brought to you by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Let's give credit where it's due. Thanks Government!!! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. If you have suggestions, ideas, or feedback about this newsletter, feel free to email us at support@quitsmokingsupport.com Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to anyone you know who may benefit from it! 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