Smoking continues to be major cause of health-related problems for seniors. Our review of pertinent articles to prevent/end smoking among America's Seniors.

 

 

One to four cigarettes daily triples risk of dying of heart disease, lung cancer...Smoking just one to four cigarettes a day almost triples a smoker’s risk of heart disease and lung cancer, reveals a large study in Tobacco Control...(more)

Despite bouts of emphysema, smokers continue to smoke in spite of debilitating chronic illness...Nearly half of Americans who suffered from emphysema in 2003 still smoked in spite of the debilitating chronic illness associated with cigarette smoking, according to a federal health care survey released this week...(more)