This banner appears on a fence across from the Upstate University Hospital parking garage in downtown Syracuse.
Make plans today to quit smoking Thursday, Nov. 15 when the American Cancer Society marks the 37th annual Great American Smokeout. Upstate employees who quit on Thursday earn free “cold turkey” sandwiches from the hospital cafeteria.
Quit smoking (or never start) and you reduce your risk of developing these 30 conditions:
1. allergies
2. arteriosclerosis
3. asthma
4. bladder cancer
5. Buerger’s disease
6. burns
7. cataracts
8. chronic bronchitis
9. emphysema
10. erectile dysfunction
11. esophageal cancer
12. gangrene
13. halitosis (bad breath)
14. heart disease
15. hypertension (high blood pressure)
16. infertility
17. kidney disease
18. laryngeal cancer
19. lung cancer
20. mouth and throat cancers
21. osteoporosis
22. pancreatic cancer
23. poorer prognosis for survival following surgery
24. premature skin aging
25. Raynaud’s syndrome
26. reduced immnity
27. stroke
28. tooth stains, tooth loss and gum disease
29. ulcers
30. respiratory diseases such as colds, flu, sinus infection, bronchitis and pneumonia
