E
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jniversity
      of
      Manitoba
      study
      shows
      smokers
      get
      second
      chance
     
    
   
   
    
     
      y
      Don
      Shay
      (CUP)
     
     
      LANDMARK
      STUDY
      RELEASED
      BY
      THE
      UNIVERSITY
     
     
      Manitoba
      conclusively
      stated
      that
      quitting
      smoking
      is
      the
     
     
      ost
      effective
      way
      to
      prevent
      or
      reduce
      the
      risk
      of
      developing
     
     
      ronic
      lung
      disease.
     
    

    
     
      The
      study
      concluded
      that
      people
      who
      quit
      smoking
     
     
      uld
      not
      regain
      any
      lost
      lung
      function,
      but
      their
      lung
      function
     
     
      juldn’t
      decline
      any
      faster
      than
      a
      person
      of
      their
      age
      who
      had
     
     
      ver
      smoked.
     
    

    
     
      People
      who
      continued
      to
      smoke
      showed
      a
      marked
     
     
      crease
      in
      lung
      function
      over
      the
      five-year
      study,
      as
      compared
     
     
      those
      who
      quit.
     
    

    
     
      It
      also
      showed
      that
      quitting
      seemed
      to
      be
      harder
      for
     
     
      men
      than
      for
      men,
      although
      the
      study
      could
      not
      determine
     
     
      y.
     
    

    
     
      The
      effects
      of
      smoking
      are
      also
      more
      drastic
      in
      women
     
     
      n
      in
      men,
      which
      Dean
      of
      Medicine
      Nicholas
      Anthonisen
     
     
      s
      may
      be
      due
      to
      general
      size
      differences.
     
    

    
     
      Anthonisen
      regarded
      the
      results
      of
      the
      study
      as
      ‘‘good
     
     
      vs’’
      for
      smokers
      and
      ‘‘important
      news’’
      for
      the
      medical
     
     
      nmunity.
     
    

    
     
      An
      important
      public
      health
      message
      for
      physicians
     
     
      other
      health
      professionals
      is
      that
      an
      aggressive
      state-of-the
     
     
      smoking
      cessation
      program
      --
      combining
      behavioural
      ap-
     
     
      aches
      with
      a
      nicotine
      replacement
      aid
      --
      is
      important
      in
      an
     
     
      tall
      strategy
      to
      assist
      smokers
      in
      quitting,’’
      Anthonisen
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “*It’s
      never
      too
      late
      to
      quit
      smoking.”’
     
    

    
     
      Director
      of
      the
      United
      States
      National
      Heart
      and
      Lung
     
     
      itute
      Dr.Claude
      Lenfant
      said
      this
      study
      should
      end
      any
     
     
      ths
      about
      quitting
      smoking.’’The
      lung
      health
      study
      lays
      to
     
     
      ‘whether
      stopping
      smoking
      can
      benefit
      people
      with
      early
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lung
      disease,’’
      said
      Lenfant.
     
    

    
     
      By
      using
      long-term
      smokers,
      the
      study
      intended
      to
      find
     
     
      out
      whether
      quitting
      smoking
      and
      the
      use
      of
      bronchodilators
     
     
      (medicated
      inhalers)
      could
      have
      a
      beneficial
      effect
      on
      those
     
     
      who
      suffer
      from
      reduced
      lung
      function
      caused
      by
      smoking.
     
    

    
     
      The
      bronchodilators
      only
      provide
      temporary
      relief
      of
     
     
      symptoms
      and
      had
      no
      long-term
      effects
      on
      lung
      function.
     
    

    
     
      The
      subjects
      involved
      had
      started
      smoking
      in
      their
      teens
     
     
      and
      ranged
      from
      35
      to
      60
      years
      old,
      with
      an
      average
      age
      of
      48.
     
     
      The
      study
      was
      conducted
      from
      1989
      to
      1994
      in
      nine
      U.S.
      cities
     
     
      and
      Winnipeg,
      involving
      608
      Winnipeg
      participants
      out
      of
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pool
      of
      about
      6,000
      volunteers.
     
    

    
     
      The
      study
      was
      completely
      funded
      by
      the
      National
     
     
      Institute
      for
      Health
      in
      the
      U.S.
     
    

    
     
      All
      of
      the
      volunteers
      in
      the
      study
      were
      already
      suffering
     
     
      from
      early
      stages
      of
      chronic
      obstructive
      pulmonary
      disease,
     
     
      which
      is
      caused
      by
      smoking.
      Itis
      also
      one
      of
      the
      leading
      causes
     
     
      of
      chronic
      bronchitis
      and
      emphysema.
     
    

    
     
      Of
      the
      5,887
      participants,
      22
      per
      cent
      of
      the
      people
     
     
      involved
      with
      intervention
      and
      support
      were
      able
      to
      quit
     
     
      smoking
      as
      compared
      to
      only
      five
      per
      cent
      of
      people
      who
     
     
      received
      only
      routine
      medical
      attention.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Market
     
     
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      Effective
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      to
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      for
      a
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      a
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      Letter
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      6.
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      and
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      of
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      Preparing
      for
      the
      Interview
     
     
      Appearance
      and
      Body
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      The
      Most
      Commonly
      Asked
      Questions
     
     
      After
      the
      Interview
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      number
      of
      handouts
      will
      be
      available
      to
      participants.
     
    

    
     
      Minimum
      number
      of
      participants:
      6
     
    

    
     
      Fee:
      None
      for
      Students
     
    

    
     
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      First
      Session
      on
      Friday,
      January
      27,
      1995.
      Keep
      watching
      for
      further
     
     
      sessions.
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      -
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      p.m.,
      at
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      1995