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Show o ak Q. 0) QC c CO o o k (D JD 75 oc H- on women have quit snook s .Q T3 CD .c co 25 3 CL Anrvn uJ W v uv Other researchers have found there is actually more cadmium in the smoke that drifts off from the burning end of the cigarette than in the drag the smoker takes. Large doses have been implicated in hypertension, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. If you smoke, you inhale one cigarette for approximately 24 seconds. The total burning time, in which cadmium and other toxic chemicals are released into the air, is 12 minutes. The pollution Mothers who smoke at home create an unhealthy atmosphere. Literally. Just the floating cigarette smoke itself may damage youngsters. New research shows that nonsmokers, like children at home, are harmed by breathing in smoke-saturatrooms. The heart beats faster. Blood pressure goes up. So docs the level of carbon monoxide in the blood. A team of researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit found that respiratory illnesses happened twice as often to young children whose parents smoke at home compared to those with parents. Some of the differences were attributed to the negative effects of the surrounding smoke. lingers for hours. ed non-smoki- ng Jl More research at the Mayo Clinic shows that parents who smoke at home can aggravate symptoms in some asthmatic children and even trigger asthma attacks. The researchers estimate there arc 1 .5 million Americans adults as well as children, who are sensitive to tobacco smoke and suffer occasional smoke-cause- d asthma attacks. Smoke-fre- e ' homes help . .e.vcryoA?. breathe easier. QUITTING SMOKING WITHOUT GAINING l09OfllDT Losing weight is a national obsession among women. And cigarette smoking has sneaked into the hangup. Do quitting smoking and gaining weight go together like love and marriage used to? Not at all. Lots of women have quit smoking and never put on a pound. Some who've smoked for years are surprised that they never even miss cigarettes. But that's not the whole picture. Some women kick the habit only to break into the refrigerator. tidOne trick is to cat bits. W'hcn you feel like eating something, nibble on pieces of ginger, celery, Melba toast; or sip a Sober Ox on the Rocks non-fatteni- ng ' recipes, page 3). (see Weight Watt breati ilso triggers the Taking deep same mechanism as ihaling and can make for a relaxing fet ig without any tar and nicotine hazards. Some do gain weight even when they don't cat more. Usually, the gain is temporary, until the body readjusts itself. But why docs it happen at all? Changes in the body's metabolism take place when a person quits smoking. One of the changes is that the body suddenly docs not consume as much oxygen. This change can cause weight gain in some people. But cutting caloric intake and increasing physical exercises after you quit smoking may keep the gain to a minimum or eliminate it altogether. Would you believe some women even lose weight after they quit? Face it. Weight gain is a possibility for some women. Warding off that gain is worth the effort it takes. Continued smoking is one of the worst strains on your heart and lungs. In fact, if you're a woman of average weight, you'd have to gain an extra 60 to 100 pounds to tax your heart us much as you do by smoking a puck or two a day. When you quit smoking, watch what else you put ip your mouth. Step up your exercises. And sec what happens. ers |