Telling smokers 'age'of lungs helps them quit

[Brian]

Telling smokers 'age'of lungs helps them quit (http://www.tagsum.com/news/11141/Telling-smokers-age-of-lungs-helps-them-quit)

http://www.tagsum.com/img/icons/no_thumb_news.gif (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23519334/), Telling smokers 'age'of lungs helps them quit, View original story on: www.msnbc.msn.com — LONDON - Smokers are more likely to kick the habit if they are told how “old” their lungs are, a British study found on Friday. The concept of lung age " measured by comparing a smoker’s lungs to the age of a healthy person whose lungs funct …

[UKDMteg]

Eh. Thats not a very good experiment IMO at all. There is still tons of out side factors that come in to play. This experiment also is more of a like a placebo effect for all we know. There inst enough information in the article that clearly states that those people quit strictly because they knew there lung "age".

[Brian]

No, but anything that may help get people to stop smoking cancer sticks is a good thing IMO.