| Everyone knows smoking is a bad idea, but
those who can’t give it up may get a little protection from exercise, a
study suggests. In
a study of older women, researchers found that a physically active
smoker had a 35 percent lower risk of lung cancer than a sedentary
smoker. Even so,
one expert called that reduction trivial because smoking itself is so
risky. And Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, the study’s lead author, stressed that
exercising does not give women a free pass to smoke. “The most important thing that smokers can do
to reduce the risk of lung cancer is quit smoking,” said Schmitz, an
assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.Those who quit smoking are 10 to 11 times less likely to develop lung cancer than those who smoke, she said. The
research, published in this month’s issue of Cancer Epidemiology
Biomarkers & Prevention, was based on information from the Iowa
Women’s Health Study. That project began in 1986 to follow nearly
42,000 older women. The women filled out health questionnaires over the
years, including information about their smoking status and physical
activity. By the end of 2002, the data included 36,410 participants, and 777 had lung cancer. Of those, 125 were non-smokers, 177 were former smokers, and 475 were current smokers. here are some tips to stop smoking :
1. do sport activities often from 3 times a week.
2. concentrate your mind to do not touch the smoke, whatever you can do such as watch movies, play poker, browse internet, or do something that make you fun so you can forget to smoke.
3.if still cannot get your mind away from smoking just eat bubble gum.
4. You know that smoking is fun but inside smoking, you can died earlier because smoking, think about your family or maybe your child if you're died earlier
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