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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, October 16, 1998
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Students can kick habit with 'No-Nag' program
Abby Peck, Lenene senior, said she would definitely quit smoking — someday.
By Sue Franke
Kansan staff writer
She said her half-pack-a-day habit started four years ago because all her friends smoked.
"I was not a heavy drinker, so it gave me something to do in bars," she said.
Because quitting is so difficult, students need a game plan before they quit. Julie Francis, a health promotions educator at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said students needed to be psychologically prepared to quit.
Watkins offers a "No-Nag" program, with one-hour counseling sessions to give people a plan for not smoking.
Francis suggested that students implement healthy diversions, such as exercise, into daily routines before quitting.
"Exercise gives you some of the same benefits as smoking," Francis said. "It relaxes you and helps you handle stressful situations better."
If students taper off rather than quit cold, she said they might set a small goal first, such as not smoking on one of their daily
And, she suggested that students create no smoking zones by deciding not to smoke in one area, such as the bedroom, and then expanding to other areas.
breaks between classes.
Because people often smoke while at bars, after a meal or with a cup of coffee, the habit can be tough to break.
"Every time I drink, I have to smoke," said Ryan Zimmerman, an Overland Park senior who has smoked about 10 cigarettes a day for four years. "It's part habit and part association with drinking, so now I'm not just smoking socially, it's all the time."
In Kansas, college-age students represent a large percentage of adult smokers.
A 1996 study by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said 29 percent of the males and 18 percent of females ages 18 to 24 smoked.
Watkins also offers aids such as Nicorette and Nicoderm gum and Nicotrol Patches, which can be purchased over the counter. It also has Nicotrol Nasal Spray and Zyban, an anti-depressant drug found to decrease the desire to smoke, both by prescription.
For more information on Watkin's "No Nag" program, contact Francis at 864-9572.
Blaire Bray, Lawrence senior, takes a break between classes to smoke near Wescoe Hall. Watkins Memorial Health Center offers a "No-Nag" program to helps students quit smoking. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Council advocates breast cancer awareness
By Kelli Raybern
Kansan staff writer
It's Breast Cancer Awareness month, and although people at the University of Kansas may be wearing pink ribbons, some are concerned if students really are paying attention.
Eve Lane, St. Louis sophomore, said she wouldn't have paid attention to the disease if her mother had not been diagnosed with cancer.
"Before my mother had breast cancer, I thought it was something for women in their 30s, 40s or 50s," she said.
Lane worked yesterday at a breast cancer information table sponsored by the KU chapter of the National Council of Negro Women. Members of the council will be stationed at an information table again today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union.
that interest had been low.
She said that some students picked up ribbons from the table but
Katherine Rose-Mocky, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said that because of low student interest in breast cancer, the center was focusing on women's health issues in general in honor of the month.
Deb Howes, health educator at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said college-age women should pay attention to breast cancer.
"Last year we did a program on breast cancer and found we didn't get a real big turnout," she said. "A lot of students at this age don't think of breast cancer as an ongoing issue for them."
"It's extremely important for college students," she said. "Sure, there's not a lot of individuals who have it in their college years, but what's really important is that students start now to do self breast exams."
She said college-age women should establish a routine of
monthly self-exams and clinical exams from a doctor or nurse every three years.
Some young women may not pay attention to cancer until it strikes close to home, though.
Angel Dew, Atchison freshman, said she had not paid attention to the disease until she had to have a thyroid tumor surgically removed.
"That's what made me realize it was serious," she said.
Eva Guggemos, Petaluma, Calif., senior, said that she thought media coverage had made people aware of the disease but that most still did not take it seriously.
"People are aware it can happen, but they don't think it will happen to them or to their mothers," she said.
Guggemos said that regardless of the importance of the issue, students might always be apathetic to breast cancer.
"No matter what it is, people don't think it can happen to them," she said.
SELF-EXAMINATION
Here are the steps for a breast self exam:
1. Check breasts about one week after menstruation.
2. Press firmly with the pads of their fingers, first moving the left hand over the right breast in a circle and including the armpit.
3. Next check the left breast with
the right hand in the same way. Women also should look at their breasts in a mirror noting any changes in appearance.
If women find any lumps, thickenings or changes, they should can sult a doctor immediately. Most breast lumps are not cancerous, but to be sure, consult a doctor.
But, to be sure, consult a doctor. Regular examination will enable a woman to detect changes and notify her doctor. Breast cancer can be treated successfully if discovered early.
Source: American Cancer Society
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