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24 Oct 12
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is it safe for them to light up?
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never really thought aboout this but excellent point. Especially as I would say more women then men smoke these days
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That's news to me -I know of many women in even my relatively limited social circle who have died in their 50s and 60s from smoking related causes.
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Perhaps you don't hear them because they pass away quietly. Vocal cords abused, and all that.
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The statistics appear to confirm the observation.
From this official document: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/Health%20and%20Lifestyles/Statistics_on_Smoking_2010.pdf "A larger proportion of deaths among men than women were attributable to smoking with an estimated 23% (49,100) of all deaths among men aged 35 and over being attributable to smoking. This compares with 14% (32,300) of all deaths among women" Yet not much difference in numbers smoking "Prevalence of cigarette smoking continues to be higher among men than women, though the difference in 2008 is reduced compared with recent years, with 21% of men and 20% of women reporting smoking." |
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in the news today.....
http://news.sky.com/story/1003309/smokers-who-quit-live-up-to-a-decade-longer Smokers Who Quit 'Live Up To A Decade Longer' A study of 1.3m women finds that smokers who stop before middle age can increase their life expectancy by as much as 10 years. By Nick Martin, Sky News Correspondent The largest ever study of the hazards of smoking amongst women has revealed that those who give up by middle age can extend their lives by more than a decade. The research, published in the medical journal The Lancet today, shows that women who stop smoking before the age of 30 slash their chances of a smoke-related death by 97%. In one of the biggest studies of its kind more than 1.3m women were recruited between 1996 and 2001. Those who were still smokers after three years were nearly three times as likely as non-smokers to die over the next nine years, the study revealed. Professor Sir Richard Peto from the University of Oxford, who co-wrote the report, said: "If women smoke like men, they die like men. "But whether they are men or women, smokers who stop before reaching middle age will, on average, gain about an extra 10 years of life." Leanne Dixon, 21, a customer service assistant from Manchester, started smoking when she was 13. "These statistics really make me think," she told Sky News. "I've thought about giving up for ages but never have. But it makes you think that you have to stop while you're young." Alyson Aston and her friend Lyn Faulkner started smoking at the age of 15. Now in their 40s, they say giving up is not an option. "It's not these statistics that make me want to give up, it's the cost," said Ms Aston. Ms Faulkner added: "I think a lot about giving up but I don't have the willpower. "But when you think about living an extra 10 years, it really is a long time." Those who have had a brush with cancer have a cautionary tale to tell. June Atherton, 66, used to smoke 60 cigarettes a day. She gave up at the age of 50 but was diagnosed with lung cancer 10 years later. She said: "I stop young women in the street and tell them that they're killing themselves by smoking. They think I'm mad but it's an important message." Paula Chadwick, chief executive of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, told Sky News: "This is important research and tells us that stopping as early as you can will prolong your life. "More women are being diagnosed with lung cancer and we need to bring those figures down by supporting those who want to give up and making sure the young don't start." |
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^^^^^sends out the wrong message imo..kids will just start in early teens and say well i can stop when i;m 30/40.
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pleased its not banned in prisons
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I'd rather be told the truth. More likely that women between the age of 30 and 40 will attempt to give up I'd have thought.
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They have a bigger exhaust pipe
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donny osmond
27 Oct 12 11:23 Joined: 02 Mar 08 | Topic/replies: 32,087 | Blogger: donny osmond's blog pleased its not banned in prisons it is banned in prison here, and has been from the minute the new prison opened 5 years ago, they [prisoners] all went on hunger-strike because of it, that lasted until they got hungry. |
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My Mum died of Pancreatic Cancer aged just 54, she smoked 20+ a day. Thankfully I never took to the habit but my brothers do.
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Started at 14, 32 now time to go electric methinks.
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I was at a funeral of a close friend of the family last month, Cath. Smoker died of lung cancer.
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they simply haven't had time to die yet
most smokers take years to die from related diseases |
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I watched a lady friend die in agony from blood clots in the brain caused by smoking and seen aunts die of lung cancer in their 50s caused by smoking. It`s nonsense to say women don`t die from smoking related deseases. Cancer is not sexist, it`s a dreadful illness. Sometimes I wonder if the big cartels really want to find a cure for it as it would cost them billions of pounds in turnover if one "wonder" pill suddenly replaced the hundreds of pills patients currently take each day for years.
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