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Sun Protective Clothing
In a place where the winter can often seem unending, choosing
clothing to protect from the sun is probably not at the forefront of any
Minnesotan's mind.
Cancer and Women: Some Little Known Facts
In June of 2001, the American Cancer Society and others reported that almost all cancer rates declined in the 1990s, a reversal of a trend of U.S. cancer rates that had grown for decades. The biggest factor responsible for the decline was said to be decreased tobacco use. For women, there was good news: a decline in new lung cancer cases of 0.2%. But despite all of the comfort we might take from this report, there is a catch: New cases of breast cancer are increasing.
Smoking Affects Everyone
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $50 billion in direct medical costs. Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires - combined!
Nationally, smoking results in more than 5 million years of potential life lost each year.
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