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If you smoke, start thinking of yourself as a decade older than you really are. A 55-year-old man who smokes has almost the same chance of dying in the next 10 years as a 65-year-old who's never smoked — a stark example from newly published charts that aim to put some of Americans' biggest health risks into context. Risk is a difficult concept, mixing emotion and math — and people are bombarded with competing warnings of health dangers. "Useful messages about health risks should address two questions: 'How big is my risk, and how does this risk compare with other risks?'" said Dr. Lisa Schwartz of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt. As a smoker myself this doesn't make any difference to me because I'm addicted but if you're a smoker does reading and hearing about this make any difference to you? If you have quit are you happy that you did after reading this? http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...
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ctrymuziklvr (4473) | 4 months ago | I believe I'm one of those people who can't quit no matter how hard I try and believe me I have tried! You're right...the tobacco companies know they have us hooked.
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3. jade1986 (486) | 4 months ago | yes those statutory warnings on cigarette packs really do not have any effects on smokers who are smokers and will be smokers till death. Neither do i think that people pay any heed to them. Here in our country, ads of cigarette are banned and also it is mandatory to place the warning at the bottom of the pack. But, how many people are affected by that? Very much negligible. I am a smoker myself and i can understand very well how difficult it is to quit smoking. warnings wont help, proper bans and awareness from the school level might.
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