Instant gratification still too slow
ON the heels of the subprime/West Nile crises article comes a related news story on instant gratification in relation to your health.
A decades long study by the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women (nurses) who quit smoking were 13% less likely to die of vascular or heart problems within the first five years of quitting. Five to ten years later they were 18% less likely to die of respiratory diseases and by thirty years were 21% less likely to die from cancer.
The “quit smoking for instant gratification” angle, will likely not gain traction with today’s pandemic of fast-paced, gimme gimme now, spoiled rotten youth who are accustomed to results counted in seconds or days, or about the length of time it takes teens to light a cigarette and procure alcohol, respectively.
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Instant gratification still too slow | Smoking
May 7, 2008 at 11:45 pm
This post was too long and did not satisfy my need for mental stimulation. Now I need some cigarettes and booze to fill the gaping void that you have created in my life.
Fryer Tuck
May 8, 2008 at 6:05 am