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0?IMPROVING YOUR ODDS
HEART
AND STROKE
AGAINST
FOUNDATION
OF ONTARIO CANADA’S #1 KILLER.
FEBRUARY
IS
HEART & STROKE MONTH
Improving your
odds agairtst
Canada’s
#1 killer
HEART
AND STROKE
FOUNDATION
OF ONTARIO
What is a stroke?
A stroke results from an
interruption in the blood
supply to part of the brain.
Without a continuous,
adequate supply of
oxygen-nch blood, nerve
cells in that area cannot
function properly. The nerve
cells of the brain control the
way we receive, interpret
and respond to sensations and information, and most of our
movements as well. If some nerve cells are unable to
function, then the part of the body controlled by those nerves
cannot function either. For example, a stroke may produce
difficulty in speaking, inability to walk, or loss of memory.
For more Information on blood pressure or stroke, contact your local office of
the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
10 Tips to quit
smoking:
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Improving your
odds against
Canada's
#1 killer
It Melts in Your Mouth, but
What About Your Arteries?
Canadians enjoy food - but sometimes that
food contains too much fat.
If you could make only one choice to
improve your diet, the best one you could
make is to lower the amount of fat you eat.
The health of your heart depends on it.
For more information on heart healthy eating, contact your
local chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
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Buy only one package of
cigarettes at a time and
change brands each time.
Wait an hour after you run
out of cigarettes before
buying more.
Do a package “count
down" whenever you throw
out an empty one: say “in
30 (29-28-or ?) packages I
will have this thing licked.”
Don’t carry matches or a
lighter, so you have to
bother someone else in
order to smoke.
Don’t keep your cigarettes
handy — put them in a
drawer or coat pocket so
you must get up every
time you want dne. This
nuisance factor alone will
inhibit your smoking
enough to reduce it by
one-third. Carry whale
cloves or sugarless gum
where you normally carry
your cigarettes.
Carry a small note pad so
you can doodle or sketch
while having a beverage
— see if you can wait
another 15 minutes.
Play solitaire before you
go to bed instead of
having that last smoke.
Puff on an unlit cigarette
while driving, reading or
watching TV.
Don’t offer cigarettes to
other people and don’t
accept cigarettes, just say
“no thanks.”
Get rid of all ashtrays. Use
a pop bottle and don’t
empty it.
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17,000
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Lives saved in Canada. Based oh Statistics Canada sources
Improving your odds against Canada’s /7 killer.
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HEART
AND STROKE
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Lives saved due to research since 1950
Improvements in diagnosis and treatment, as
well as individual lifestyle change, have resulted
in more and more lives being saved per year.
35,000
26,000
Your local Heart
and Stroke
Foundation of
Ontario chapter
details on quitting.
Improving your
odds against
Canada’s til killer