Old birds better than spring chickens?
Scientific research has recently proved that older women are not only beating men in the quest to stop the smoke, but also are victorious over their younger counter-parts.
The Duke University Medical Centre has scientific evidence to display that older women who smoke are more succesful in giving up than men their age, as well as stopping before younger smokers.
It has been discovered that older women have more affecting factors to induce cessation of smoking including health ailments (cancer or lung failure), signs of dementia, financial reasons, limited access to tobacco or residing in a place where smoking is not permitted. Another issue may be that in older ages, smokers may change their habits.
To re-enforce this study, it has been found that the majority of smokers in the UK are 20-24 year olds. The minority of which are women. This research has been published in the March 2006 edition of the Journal of The American Geriatrics Society.
This information was collected over a period of ten years on over 573 observational study participants. Of this number, 100 quit and 473 did not. This was based upon follow up interviews from their initial enrollment.
So this proves, you're never too old to quit.
It has been discovered that older women have more affecting factors to induce cessation of smoking including health ailments (cancer or lung failure), signs of dementia, financial reasons, limited access to tobacco or residing in a place where smoking is not permitted. Another issue may be that in older ages, smokers may change their habits.
To re-enforce this study, it has been found that the majority of smokers in the UK are 20-24 year olds. The minority of which are women. This research has been published in the March 2006 edition of the Journal of The American Geriatrics Society.
This information was collected over a period of ten years on over 573 observational study participants. Of this number, 100 quit and 473 did not. This was based upon follow up interviews from their initial enrollment.
So this proves, you're never too old to quit.