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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-01-14, Page 3CLINTON.NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. 1987—Page 3 • January Do you know what happens to your body when you stop smoking? If you're like most people, you are well aware of the health riskkof smoking but know little about the ef- fects of quitting on your body and mind, When you attempt to quit, you may ex- perience changes in your body and emo- tions.. Many of these changes are related to nicotine withdrawal and are a physical response to the absence of nicotine. Accor- ding to the American Psychiatric Associa- tion, some of the more typical nicotine withdrawal symptoms include: craving for tobacco, irritability, anxiety, difficulty in concentrating, restlessness, headache, ,drowsiness and gastrointestinal disturbances. If you have tried to stop smoking in the past, you know these symptoms are most in- tense during the first few days ofquitting, but that they often linger for weeks and even months. The good news is that if you decide to quit, nicotine withdrawal symptoms need not be overpowering and don't even have to appear. However, if you are a heavy smoker, they are more likely to appear and more likely to be troublesome. The smoker who prepares to deal with these withdrawal symptoms usually stands a better chance of quitting successfully. In other words, talk to your doctor if you've failed in the past or are a heavy smoker and think you need help. Or call a local public health agency to find out if they offer smok- ing Cessation programs. Hypnosis, acupunc- ture or group therapy can also give you support. Butting Out — Why Not? The health risks linked to smoking are alarming, but the simple act of quitting can increase your life span. After not smoking for one year, your risk of heart attack starts to decline. After 10 years, your chances of developing heart disease are the same as so- meone who never smoked. Your risk of lung cancer levels off once you stop smoking. notice some of the benefits of quitting. In a short -time: • Your breathing will become easier • Your smoker's cough (hack) will disappear • Your sense of taste will improve • Your. .sense of smell will become sharper • Your energy level will increase • Your clothes and hair will no longer smell of smoke • Your fingers and teeth will lose their yellow colour • Your skin will regain its natural moisture One of the most common factors associated with attempting to quit, par- ticularly among women, is the fear of weight gain. Research shows that weight gain does not have to go hand-in-hand with quitting. If you stop smoking, you have a one -in -three chance of gaining weight. You may even lose weight because you feel bet- ter and are exercising more. Thousands of Canadians have already broken the habit and overcome an addic- News and featars 15-21 is non-smoking week tion. Think about it. Aren't you ready to join the quitting team? Tips to Join The Quitting Team It's time to put your good intentions and New Year's resolutions into full gear by liv- ing up to your commitment to stop smoking. January 15 to 21 is National Non -Smoking Week. Follow these basic principles to help you kick the habit and start on the road to a smoke-free lifestyle. 1. Motivation —It's the key to any goal. You must want to quit for yourself = not for your friends, not for your family. 2. Analyse — Find out which situations make you crave a cigarette, write them down and look for a pattern. 3. Imagine — Think of yourself ,as a non- smoker: healthy and smoke-free. 4. Support — Enlist the aid of your farpily and friends. Talk to your doctor; he may recommend a smoking cessation aid, nicotine chewing gum, to help you cope; with you}' community for smoking cessation programs offered by Ideal health agencies. 5. Planning — Stay away from situations you associate with smoking such as parties or bars. Not forever — just for now. 6. Activity — Keep active. Take up a new hobby or rediscover an old one to take your mind off cigarettes. How addicted are you? Answer the questions and assign,a value to each response. Each answer in column A equals "0". An answer in column B is worth "1" point. Give yourse,T "points for each answer in column C. Total qhe number of points to arrive at your final score. The highest possible score is "11 ". Results: !f you score °'7" or more you are considered to be highly dependent on nicotine. If you._ score less than "6", your nicotine dependance is mild to moderate. 7. Live.— Continue to eat normally and con- sider starting an exercise program tohelp avoid weight gain. Try to enjoy life. • 8. Substitute — Keep a bowl of low calorie snacks nearby. When you crave a cigarette, substitute a carrot stick, chew sugarless gum or have a diet drink instead of a high - calorie snack. 9.. Reprogram — Break the habit! If coffee signals cigarettes, switch to tea! An after dinner cigarette? Go for a stroll in the Qqiarn/ moonlight instead! 10, Be Optimistic — Quitting is a process, not an event. If ' you slip up, don't get discouraged, try again! WEEKLY WEATHER 1987 1986 HI LO HI LO 4 -6 -5 -10 3 -2 -5 -11 -1 -3 -8 -15 -1 -2 -8 -16 0 -3 -1 -11 1 -3 1 -3 2 -1 1 -4 Snow 11 cm Jan. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Snow 4 cm Don't smoke for the sake of your heart There are many reasons to quit smoking, but the best one is to reduce your risk of heart disease. When you stop smoking, this risk drops rapidly, and after a few years, it's almost as low as if you had never smok- ed at all. Heart disease and stroke are the number one killers of Canadians. Smoking is con- sidered to be a factor in some 30,000 deaths each year, and more of those deaths are a result of heart and blood vessel di§ease than any other cause. All smokers run an extra risk of heart disease. The risk is even higher if the smoker has high blood pressure or high levels of fat (cholesterol) in the blood. In the long run, smoking or chronic exposure to second-hand smoke, creates a major risk of heart disease. The relaxed feeling you get from smoking is actually the opposite. Smoking causes small arteries to titen up and an im- mediate increase in blood pressure. At the same tittle, Smoking makes your heart work harder by increasing your heart rate. While your heart demands more oxygen to do the work, the carbon monoxide in the smoke JANUARY SALE NOW ON sLE We Se?vlee Whitt gen We se MAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRA LTD. HENSA.L,L 2614128 CLOSED MONDAYS "THE PLACE TO 8.tfl APPLIANCES" Onfarib— Town of Clinton NOTICE The Corporation of the Town of Clinton welcomes applications in writing, for positions. on the following committees: • Recreeti: sa Committee * leerraetery Board • Cz.mmittee of Adjustment ® Planning Advisory Committee ® Local Arciaitectur l Conservation Advisory C, .mmittee ® !� roperty St:v.nd rds Committee • Arts orad Cultural Committee cuts down the amount of oxygen carried to the heart muscles. Smokers are more likely to have harden- ing of the arteries in the heart and the main artery, and are more likely to have blood clots cut off blood supply to their hands and feet. In fact, smoking is one'of the three major risk factors of heart ptaick, along with high blood pressure aild' high levels of fat (cholesterol) in the blood. The risk of heart attack increases with the amount smoked: ' those who smoke a pack a day have twice the risk of heart attack of a, person who has never smoked. And smokers have a poorer chance of surviving a heart attack. For more information about heart disease and smoking, contact your Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. The chapter will provide information on the effects of smoking, assist in quitting and information on programs including Smoke - Free Spaces for Kids. During National Non -Smoking Week, January 15-22, quit smoking for the sake of your heart. You will get results - a substan- tially reduced risk of heart attack. -4 Applications will be received until January 22, 1987 in the Office of the Clerk - Treasurer, Box 400, Clinton. Ontario. NOM 1LO. Marie Jefferson Clerk -Treasurer Join the fight against lung disease. THE tLUNG ASSOCIATION Lungs are for life The _Sale you've been waiting for! The Dutch Store's Annual ,\ YARN SALE CRAFT KITS GIFTWARE 20' off 15% off All BERELLA 4 YARNS 20% off ALL COTTON AND IMPORTED YARN /O off ALL OTHER isq YARNS Off SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 TO -SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 THE DUTCH STORE 55 ALBERT STREET CLINTON 482-7302 7� A , B C 1. How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette? After 30 min Within 30 min — 2. Do you find it difficult to refrain from smoking in places where it is forbidden, such as the library, theater, doctor's office? No . Yes — 3. Which of alt the cigarettes ou smoke in a day is the most satisfying one? Any other than the first one in the morning The first one. in the — . morning' 4. How many cigarettes a day do you smoke? l - 1 5 16-25 More than 26 5. Do you smoke more during the morning than during the rest of the day? No Yes — 6. Do you smoke when you are so ill that you are in bed most of the day' No Yes 7. Does the brand you smoke have a low, medium, or high nicotine content? Low Medium High 8. How often do you inhale the smoke from your cigarette? Never Sometimes Always WEEKLY WEATHER 1987 1986 HI LO HI LO 4 -6 -5 -10 3 -2 -5 -11 -1 -3 -8 -15 -1 -2 -8 -16 0 -3 -1 -11 1 -3 1 -3 2 -1 1 -4 Snow 11 cm Jan. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Snow 4 cm Don't smoke for the sake of your heart There are many reasons to quit smoking, but the best one is to reduce your risk of heart disease. When you stop smoking, this risk drops rapidly, and after a few years, it's almost as low as if you had never smok- ed at all. Heart disease and stroke are the number one killers of Canadians. Smoking is con- sidered to be a factor in some 30,000 deaths each year, and more of those deaths are a result of heart and blood vessel di§ease than any other cause. All smokers run an extra risk of heart disease. The risk is even higher if the smoker has high blood pressure or high levels of fat (cholesterol) in the blood. In the long run, smoking or chronic exposure to second-hand smoke, creates a major risk of heart disease. The relaxed feeling you get from smoking is actually the opposite. Smoking causes small arteries to titen up and an im- mediate increase in blood pressure. At the same tittle, Smoking makes your heart work harder by increasing your heart rate. While your heart demands more oxygen to do the work, the carbon monoxide in the smoke JANUARY SALE NOW ON sLE We Se?vlee Whitt gen We se MAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRA LTD. HENSA.L,L 2614128 CLOSED MONDAYS "THE PLACE TO 8.tfl APPLIANCES" Onfarib— Town of Clinton NOTICE The Corporation of the Town of Clinton welcomes applications in writing, for positions. on the following committees: • Recreeti: sa Committee * leerraetery Board • Cz.mmittee of Adjustment ® Planning Advisory Committee ® Local Arciaitectur l Conservation Advisory C, .mmittee ® !� roperty St:v.nd rds Committee • Arts orad Cultural Committee cuts down the amount of oxygen carried to the heart muscles. Smokers are more likely to have harden- ing of the arteries in the heart and the main artery, and are more likely to have blood clots cut off blood supply to their hands and feet. In fact, smoking is one'of the three major risk factors of heart ptaick, along with high blood pressure aild' high levels of fat (cholesterol) in the blood. The risk of heart attack increases with the amount smoked: ' those who smoke a pack a day have twice the risk of heart attack of a, person who has never smoked. And smokers have a poorer chance of surviving a heart attack. For more information about heart disease and smoking, contact your Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. The chapter will provide information on the effects of smoking, assist in quitting and information on programs including Smoke - Free Spaces for Kids. During National Non -Smoking Week, January 15-22, quit smoking for the sake of your heart. You will get results - a substan- tially reduced risk of heart attack. -4 Applications will be received until January 22, 1987 in the Office of the Clerk - Treasurer, Box 400, Clinton. Ontario. NOM 1LO. Marie Jefferson Clerk -Treasurer Join the fight against lung disease. THE tLUNG ASSOCIATION Lungs are for life The _Sale you've been waiting for! The Dutch Store's Annual ,\ YARN SALE CRAFT KITS GIFTWARE 20' off 15% off All BERELLA 4 YARNS 20% off ALL COTTON AND IMPORTED YARN /O off ALL OTHER isq YARNS Off SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 TO -SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 THE DUTCH STORE 55 ALBERT STREET CLINTON 482-7302 7�