Telling Smokers How Old Their Lungs Are Works

According to a study published by BMJ, smokers whowere told their lung age were significantly more likely to quit thanthose who did not receive the information.Usually, when patients go to the doctor to have their lungs checked,they receive complex lung data. The idea of a lung age was developed tohelp patients better understand these data and to demonstrate thatsmoking has a premature aging effect on the lungs.

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Filed under: Smoking / Quit Smoking on April 2nd, 2008