LUNG AGE MAY HELP SMOKER TO QUIT

Smokers are more likely to kick the habit if they toldhow "old" their lungs are. The concept of lung age measured by comparing a smoker"s lungs to the age of a healthy person whose lungs function the same has helped patients better understand how smoking damages health researchers had already found. But that information is also effective in convincing smokers to quit. Giving people this kind of information could represent a cheap and easy way to get people to stop smoking and reduce smoking related health problems that are putting pressure on health system to treat.