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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Smoking
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Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 22:41:48 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 22:41:48 1985
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	Since I spending the majority of my time away from postings looking
at dead/diseased hearts and lungs, I thought I might break my silence long
enough to post the following.

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	| IF YOU SMOKE,  QUIT. |
	|----------------------|

	I realize this is easier said than done. Consult your local chapter
of the American Cancer Society (it's in the phone book) for help.

	If you need any motivation:

	Even if you accept the Tobacco Institute's claim that Smoking does
not CAUSE Lung Cancer, it does increase your risk of developing lung cancer
600-fold. (you are 600 times more likely to get lung lung cancer if you
smoke than if you don't).  For women, it increases your risk of breast cancer.
Smoking contributes to heart disease. It leaves you more vulnerable to
Respiratory infections.  Long term use causes Emphysema and COPD (Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), which even moreso than Cancer is a slow
painful death.  Smoking also costs hundreds of dollars a year. (Even if you 
don't care about your health, think how much money you'll save.)
-- 
				Craig Werner
				!philabs!aecom!werner
		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"