Saturday, March 10, 2007

Quit puffing, start huffing

I quit smoking 29 years ago this month. Coincidentally, my daughter and I went to a Jazzercise class this a.m. This hour of hopping to hip hop, along with many, many other such classes I've attended through the years cuts this ex-smoker's chance of getting lung cancer by 37%.*
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*The Association of Physical Activity with Lung Cancer Incidence in a Cohort of Older Women: The Iowa Women's Health Study, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention Vol. 15, 2359-2363, December 2006
© 2006

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