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Health inactivity is the exercise equivalent of smoking
Think of inactivity as the exercise equivalent of smoking, only worse. One study published last year in The New England Journal of Medicine found that being sedentary and out of shape may be more hazardous than other well-known risk factors, such as ...
Smoking and Eye Damage
The chemicals in cigarette smoke (around 4000 of them) get into the bloodstream of smokers and may induce the damage to the eye. The chemicals in tobacco smoke can cause inflammation of the conjunctiva (the thin membrane covering the eye), resulting in ...
Who else wants to quit smoking once and for all?
Most of us know that smoking is indeed a habit that can have many serious implications on our health but there is a tendency to view the problem lightly. It's important that every smoker be aware of the facts concerning smoking and so I have included ...
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The newly revised program teaches students about the health and social consequences of smoking and motivates them to resist the pressures of using substances.
The program is so easy to implement that according to one teacher, "you simply add water and stir." Teachers are provided with all the materials they need including curriculum based lesson plans, activities to involve parents, a listing of community resources, including web sites and videos, and evaluation tools.
"We believe we are providing a unique and effective smoking prevention program for young people," says Ross Reid, President and CEO of The Lung Association. "In fact, 92 percent of teachers rated the Lungs Are For Life program as a high quality and valuable resource, which offers an excellent method for communicating tobacco prevention messages to Ontario's youth."
Lungs Are For Life now has an online address! At www.lungsareforlife.ca, kids, teachers and parents can discover all the disgusting facts about smoking.
There is truly something for everyone at lungsareforlife.ca. Teachers can download the Lungs Are For Life curriculum materials, parents can learn how to speak to their child about smoking and kids can take a totally gross quiz, print out cool downloads and much more, all while learning to identify unsafe substances, resist pressures to use harmful drugs and understand the health risks associated with smoking.
The Lungs Are For Life program, developed by The Lung Association in partnership with the Curriculum and School-Based Health Resource Centre with funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, is available to all Ontario teachers free of charge.To learn more about the program, to order your curriclum or to download the materials, call 1-888-566-5864 (LUNG) or visit www.lungsareforlife.ca.
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 Up in smoke: Bars ignore Dutch smoking ban - Washington Post
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A growing number of Dutch bar and cafe owners are slapping ashtrays back on their tables just months after a nationwide smoking ban came into force for bars and restaurants, saying the measure is driving hundreds of small ...
Mo. ranks 49th, Ill. 43rd for funding tobacco-prevention programs - St. Louis Business Journal
Missouri ranks 49th in the nation in funding programs to protect kids from tobacco, a new report shows. Missouri spends $2.7 million a year on tobacco prevention programs, which is 3.7 percent of the $73 million recommended by the U.S. Centers for ...
Broccoli May Fight Lung Cancer In Smokers - Pittsburgh Channel
Li Tang of the roswell Park Cancer Institute said that cruciferous vegetables don't eliminate the threat of cancer, but they help. "Broccoli is not a therapeutic drug, but for smokers who believe they cannot quit nor do anything about their risk ...
Smoking ban, shaky economy wallop Dutch bars - Arizona Daily Star
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Hunkered down in a thick winter coat and scarf, Steven Jankipersadsing lit up a cigarette after finishing his bowl of pea soup outside a Dutch cafe. "I won't come here in the winter, I don't want to sit outside then," he ...
Iowa town is smoking mad over billboard - Omaha World-Herald
Drop dead, Lake View. That's not exactly the message of a new anti-tobacco billboard near the bucolic northwest Iowa town, but it's close enough, some community leaders said Wednesday. "Lake View. Tobacco can kill this town in 1 day," reads the sign ...
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