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KY_EnviroGuy

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7. Louisiana also has a high prevalence of smokers, past and present.....

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:53 PM

Apr 2020

along with several other states including Kentucky.

Interesting reference page on Wikipedia on this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_tobacco_use#United_States

Being a former smoker and being exposed to years of industrial pollutants increases our risks of serious consequences should we contract this disease. Not being a hypocrite here, as I'm a prime example.

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New Orleans' Coronavirus Death Rate Is Nearly 3 Times New York's: Coronavirus & Obesity [View all] appalachiablue Apr 2020 OP

K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1

Boy did I ever pick the right year to lose a bunch of weight. Actually about the last 18 brewens Apr 2020 #2

Terrific job, good for you. If ever there was a time to lose weight, appalachiablue Apr 2020 #4

I'm also off BP meds and blood thinners, and they cut my anti-cholesterol in half. I just refilled brewens Apr 2020 #5

Improving your health and saving$$ is great. Some yrs ago I appalachiablue Apr 2020 #6

I started out just cutting portions. That stopped working so I started seriously counting brewens Apr 2020 #9

Counting calories is best, and we can eat more whole, healthy food appalachiablue Apr 2020 #11

I lost over 50 pounds I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #13

This will be bad for all those red states w/poor health degage Apr 2020 #3

Louisiana also has a high prevalence of smokers, past and present..... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #7

Thanks for posting the harsh truth. We've got a ways to go appalachiablue Apr 2020 #12

Obese people have always been descirnimitated against in health care Runningdawg Apr 2020 #8

Valuable info. and quite an eye opener. This would be a good post for appalachiablue Apr 2020 #10

Being both fat and now thin I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #14