Our Kick Off is this Tuesday, 2/5/2013, at the American Cancer Society office in West Bridgewater. The address is 5 Manley Street in West Bridgewater (off 106, just across from the Lowe's). We hope to see you there!
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Two weeks ago, Governor Deval Patrick proposed a tobacco tax increase of $1 per pack. This will bring the tax rate to $3.51, and it also equalizes the tax rate across other tobacco products, including flavored cigars and chewing tobacco. This will raise $135 million in taxes for the Commonwealth. Also, according to the data, this increase would lead to 25,000 adult smokers quitting and reduce the youth smoking rate by 9%. It may only be $1, but it has a huge impact.
This is also a good way to think and talk about Relay fundraising. Maybe the people you ask can't afford to give much, but even the loose change in their pocket would help. You could try collecting cans for the redemption value or having a penny drive. Every dollar we raise gets us that much closer to a cure.
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According to an article I read on Yahoo! Health, women have caught up to men in their risk for lung cancer. The study was posted in the New England Journal of Medicine, and it is considered to be one of the most comprehensive studies of the long-term trends of the effects of smoking. It included a generation of women who started smoking early and continued for years.
The studies showed that the risk of dying from lung cancer was 25 times higher for female smokers in recent years than among those who never smoked. According to the information they had, the risk was only three times higher in the 1960s.
They also showed that a person who never smokes is 2 times as likely to live to age 80 than a smoker. And, smokers in the US are 3 times more likely to die between 25 and 79 than non smokers, with 60% of the deaths being related to smoking. There is some evidence that smoking-related deaths have increased with the changes to cigarette structure - smokers tend to inhale more deeply to receive the nicotine their body craves. According to Dr. Michael Thun, one of the study leaders, "deeper inhalation is consistent with the kind of lung damage seen in the illnesses that are rising. You can read the full article here.
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